Reported childhood tuberculosis treatment outcomes, Gaborone and Francistown, Botswana, 1998-2002

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Oeltmann, J E ^a   Chengeta, B ^b   Mboya, J J ^c   Wells, C D ^a   Kilmarx, P H ^a,b   Samandari, T ^a,b   Nelson, L J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BOTUSA Project   (Botswana)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Africa; Childhood tuberculosis; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BOTSWANA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 38949182279     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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