Postoperative flare-up of genital tuberculosis: A clinical reality

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 981-983

  Singh, N ^a   Sharma, Aparna K ^a   Dadhwal, V ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Mittal, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Genital tuberculosis; Post operative flare up; Tuberculosis peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 49149101583     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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