The history of tuberculosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1862-1870

  Daniel, Thomas M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

History of medicine; History of tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; RIFAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOSEMICARBAZONE; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BCG VACCINATION; DRUG RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEVER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG COLLAPSE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; EUROPE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749362302     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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