Clinical spectrum of patients presenting with bronchiectasis in Nepal: Evidence of linkage between tuberculosis, tobacco smoking and toxic exposure to biomass smoke

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Bhatta, Narendra ^a   Dhakal, S S ^a   Rizal, S ^a   Kralingen, K W V ^b   Niessen, L ^c  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchieactasis; Indoor air pollution; Lung health; Tobacco smoking; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BIOMASS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 50449102123     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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