Miliary tuberculosis in Kuwait: Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment outcome

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-292

  El Shamy, Abdel Salam ^a   Al Saidi, Fatma ^a   Baidas, Ghassan ^b   Al Bader, Mohammed ^a   Sawy, Mohammed ^a   Hakkim, Rismon ^a  

^a Ministry of Public Health Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Granulomatous tissue; Human immunodeficiency virus; Miliary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG ERUPTION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JOINT ASPIRATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 68549130874     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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