Clinical profile and treatment outcome of tubercular pleurisy in pediatric age group using dots strategy

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-200

  Sharma, Sangeeta ^a   Sarin, Rohit ^a   Khalid, U K ^a   Singla, N ^a   Sharma, P P ^a   Behera, D ^a  

^a LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Anti Tubercular Therapy; Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS); Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Pediatric Tuberculosis; Pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHILD; COUGHING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 76149085867     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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