Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Kabul, Afghanistan: A hospital-based retrospective review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Fader, Tim ^a   Parks, John ^a   Khan, Najeeb Ullah ^a   Manning, Richard ^a   Stokes, Sonya ^a   Nasir, Nasir Ahmad ^a  

^a CURE International Hospital   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Epidemiology; Extrapulmonary; Kabul; Pathology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449088315     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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