Clinico-epidemiological profile and diagnostic procedures of pediatric tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal-a case-series analysis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a,d   Ramakrishnareddy, Narayan ^b   Shah, Ravi K ^c   Baniya, Ramkaji ^c   Swain, Pradipta K ^a,d  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute   (India)

^c MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BCG VACCINATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; NEPAL; NEWBORN; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955284798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-57     Document Type: Article

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