Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in an endemic region

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 118-121

  Özvaran, Mustafa ^a,c   Baran, Reha ^a   Tor, Meltem ^b   Dilek, Ilknur ^a   Demiryontar, Dilay ^a   Arinç, Sibel ^a   Toker, Nil ^a   Chousein, Efsun ^a   Soǧukpinar, Özlem ^a  

^a SSK Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery   (Turkey)

^b Kara Elmas University   (Turkey)

^c SSK Sureyyapasa Gogus Kalp   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Gender; Incidence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURISY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34547702010     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.33700     Document Type: Article

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