Clinical Features of Confirmed Versus Suspected Urogenital Tuberculosis in Region With Extremely High Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Zarrabi, A D ^a   Heyns, C F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STRICTURE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649185260     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.083     Document Type: Article

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