Clinical presentation of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV infection in Nigeria

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Lawson, Lovett ^a   Yassin, Mohammed A ^b   Thacher, Tom D ^c   Olatunji, Olubunmi O ^d   Lawson, Juliana O ^a   Akingbogun, Titi I ^a   Bello, Cornelius S S ^e   Cuevas, Luis E ^b   Davies, Peter D O ^f  

^a ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^f LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 37749015336     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701509899     Document Type: Article

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