Differences in characteristics between Afghani and Iranian patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-182

  Mirsaeidi, Mehdi Seyed ^a   Tabarsi, Payam ^a   Khoshnood, Kaveh ^b   Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^b   Radpour, Omid ^a   Farnia, Parisa ^a   Ebrahimi, Golnaz ^c   Mansouri, Davood ^a   Amiri, Majid ^a   Bagheri, Zarnaz ^a   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG ABUSE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN SCAR; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33847356854     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.12.002     Document Type: Letter

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