Tuberculous lymphadenitis at Penang General Hospital, Malaysia

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-84

  Khan, Amer Hayat ^b   Sulaiman, Syed Azhar Syed ^b   Muttalif, Abdul Razak ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^b   Khan, Tahir Mehmood ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACKACHE; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETHARGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NIGHT SWEAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650463028     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319764     Document Type: Article

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