Cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis in children: Correlating radiology with pathogenesis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 798-804

  Griffith Richards, Stephanie Barbara ^a   Goussard, Pierre ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Gie, Robert P ^a   Przybojewski, Stefan J ^a   Strachan, Melanie ^a   Vadachia, Yousuf ^a   Kathan, David L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Children; Lung; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34547104365     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0496-z     Document Type: Article

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