Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, clinical presentation and outcome

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 881-885

  Bukhary, Zakeya A ^a   Alrajhi, Abdulrahman A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4344622065     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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