Bodyweight gain to predict treatment outcome in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Peru

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1153-1159

  Krapp, F ^a,b   Veliz J C ^b   Cornejo, E ^b   Gotuzzo, E ^a,b,c   Seas, C ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bodyweight gain; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Relapse; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 53549132561     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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