The spectrum of abdominal tuberculosis in a developed country: A single institution's experience over 7 years

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Tan, Ker Kan ^a   Chen, Kenneth ^a   Sim, Richard ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal; HIV; Surgery; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849161400     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0669-6     Document Type: Article

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