Abdominal tuberculosis in a district general hospital: A retrospective review of 86 cases

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Ramesh, J ^a   Banait, G S ^a   Ormerod, Lawrence P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASIAN; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 39849095374     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm125     Document Type: Review

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