Cutaneous tuberculosis in Morocco

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-212

  Zouhair, Kawtar ^a   Akhdari, Nadia ^a   Nejjam, Fatima ^a   Ouazzani, Tam ^a   Lakhdar, Hakima ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOROCCO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULID; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 34247254421     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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