Risk factors for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis compared to pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Lin, J N ^a,b   Lai, C H ^a,b   Chen, Y H ^b   Lee, S S J ^c   Tsai, S S ^a   Huang, C K ^a   Chung, H C ^a   Liang, S H ^a   Lin, H H ^a,d  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINX; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SMOKING; TAIWAN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 67649510133     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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