Abdominal and pericardial ultrasound in suspected extrapulmonary or disseminated tuberculosis

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-42

  Patel, Maya Nathu ^a   Beningfield, Stephen ^b   Burch, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 78751527077     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4201     Document Type: Article

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