Mortality of tuberculosis in very old people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Salvadó, Meritxell ^a   Garcia Vidal, Carolina ^a   Vázquez, Pilar ^a   Riera, Montserrat ^a   Rodríguez Carballeira, Mónica ^a   Martínez Lacasa, Javier ^a   Cuchi, Eva ^a   Garau, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attributable mortality; Mortality; Old; Tuberculosis; Very old

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949138887     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02619.x     Document Type: Article

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