Risk factors for tuberculosis in dialysis patients: A prospective multi-center clinical trial

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Christopoulos, Antonios I ^a   Diamantopoulos, Athanasios A ^b   Dimopoulos, Panagiotis A ^c   Goumenos, Demetrios S ^c   Barbalias, George A ^c  

^a Department of Nursing   (Greece)

^b General University Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449115678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-10-36     Document Type: Article

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