Mortality before or during treatment among tuberculosis patients in North Carolina, 1993-2003

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Nguyen, L T ^a   Hamilton, C D ^a   Xia, Q ^b   Stout, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651456848     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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