Extra-pulmonary and smear-negative forms of tuberculosis are associated with treatment delay and hospitalisation

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-744

  Whitehorn, J ^a   Ayles, H ^a,b   Godfrey Faussett, P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZAMBART   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; HIV; Tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; TIME; ZAMBIA;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77952399736     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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