Clinical profile and outcome of abdominal tuberculosis in Indian children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 900-905

  Basu, Sriparna ^a,b   Ganguly, S ^a   Chandra, P K ^a   Basu, S ^a,b  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Gastrointestinal infection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; INDIA; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 38449104046     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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