Time to culture conversion in smokers with pulmonary tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Gullóni, José Antonio ^a   Suarez I ^a   Lecuona, M ^a   Fernandez R ^a   Rubinos, G ^a   Medina, A ^a   Cabrera, C ^a   Gonzalez I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culture conversion; Gender; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPUTUM CULTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 71249090844     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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