A profile of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 743-747

  Swaminathan, Soumya ^a   Datta, Manjula ^b   Radhamani, M P ^b   Mathew, Sara ^b   Reetha, A M ^b   Rajajee, Sarala ^b   Mathew, Rema ^b   Radhakrishnan, A ^b   Raghu, M B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteriologic diagnosis; Clinical features; Drug resistance; M. Tuberculosis; Pediatric TB

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; STOMACH LAVAGE; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 51349126908     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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