Social, clinical and microbiological differential characteristics of tuberculosis among immigrants in Spain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  García García, José María ^a,b   Blanquer, Rafael ^a,c   Rodrigo, Teresa ^a,d   Caylà, Joan A ^a,e   Caminero, José A ^a,f   Vidal, Rafael ^a,g,h   Casals, Martí ^a,h,i,j   Ruiz Manzano, Juan ^a,g,k  

^a Hospital San Agustín ^*

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitario Dr Peset de Valencia   (Spain)

^d Fundación Respira de la SEPAR   (Spain)

^e Hospital General Universitario de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79251647403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016272     Document Type: Article

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