The impact of age on the demographic, clinical, radiographic characteristics and treatment outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Taiwan

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Wang, C S ^a   Chen, H C ^a   Yang, C J ^b   Wang, W Y ^b   Chong, I W ^b   Hwang, J J ^b   Huang, M S ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 50649096992     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-7199-8     Document Type: Article

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