Mycobacterial infections in the elderly

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-586

  Pérez Guzmán, Carlos ^a,b   Vargas, Mario H ^b,c  

^a Inst Salud Estado de Aguascalientes   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

aging; elderly; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; LINEZOLID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGE; AGED; AGING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77958140932     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1265898     Document Type: Review

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