Diagnosis of tuberculosis in paediatrics;Diagnóstico de la tuberculosis en la edad pediátrica

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Moreno Perez D ^a   Andres Martin A ^b   Altet Gomez N ^c   Baquero Artigao, F ^d   Escribano Montaner, A ^e   Gomez Paistrana Duran D ^f   Gonzalez Montero R ^g   Mellado Pena M J ^h   Rodrigo Gonzalo De Liria, C ⁱ   Ruiz Serrano, M J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Investigación en Atención Primaria IDIAP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Immunocompromised patients; Interferon gamma releasing assay; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77950941431     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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