Treating tuberculosis in older adults

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 844-858

  Zanni, Guido R ^a   Wick, Jeannette Y ^a  

^a National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis; Mantoux tuberculin skin test; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249093590     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2008.844     Document Type: Review

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