Diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 827-839

  Reuter, H ^a   Burgess, Lesley ^a,b   van Vuuren, W ^a   Doubell, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TREAD Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33845885163     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl123     Document Type: Article

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