Tuberculosis at extremes of age

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 747-763

  Schaaf, H Simon ^a   Collins, Andrea ^b   Bekker, Adrie ^a   Davies, Peter D O ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

congenital; elderly; infant; perinatal; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETOHYDRAZIDE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIGOXIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDRAZINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PHENYTOIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; APNEA; ASCITES; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD FLOW; BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; IRRITABILITY; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MASTOIDITIS; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OTORRHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPULAR RASH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUSTULE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENESCENCE; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPLENOMEGALY; STRIDOR; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77953849818     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01784.x     Document Type: Review

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