Vitamin D as adjunctive therapy in refractory pulmonary tuberculosis: A case report

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-652

  Yamshchikov, Alexandra V ^a   Oladele, Alawode ^b   Leonard Jr , Michael K ^b   Blumberg, Henry M ^b   Ziegler, Thomas R ^b   Tangpricha, Vin ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immunity; Treatment; Tuberculosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; AMIKACIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 68049097269     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a5d37e     Document Type: Article

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