Evidence guiding the treatment of children with mycobacterial diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1065-1066

  Nicol, Mark P ^a   Wilkinson, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFABUTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NOTE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; FAMILY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947535407     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512654     Document Type: Note

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