Dactylitis - An uncommon presentation of tuberculosis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 394-396

  Stanhope, Benjamin ^a   Dieppe, Clare ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dactylitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 34250709622     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000278392.94634.4e     Document Type: Article

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