The outcome of infants younger than 6 months requiring ventilation for pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Goussard, P ^a,b   Gie, R P ^a   Kling, S ^a   Schaaf, H S ^a   Kritzinger, F ^a   Andronikou, S ^a   Beyers, N ^a   Rossouw, G J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infant tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous pneumonia; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXYGEN TENSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 43249094265     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20812     Document Type: Article

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