Guest Editorial. Childhood tuberculosis: new recognition of an old disease

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-98

  Zar, Heather J ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMPETITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34250306294     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2007.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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