Childhood pleural tuberculosis: A review of 45 cases

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 981-984

  Cruz, Andrea T ^a   Ong, Lydia T ^a   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Pleural; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 70350527275     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a8568b     Document Type: Article

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