Is tuberculosis difficult to diagnose in childhood and adolescence?;A tuberculose na infância e na adolescência é difícil de diagnosticar?

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-293

  Filho, João Carlos Coelho ^a   Caribé, Marwal Araújo ^b   Caldas, Simone Castro Couto ^b   Netto, Eduardo Martins ^c  

^a Laboratory of Pathology   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Institute for the Tuberculosis Research   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Epidemiology; Tuberculosis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79960281572     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132011000300003     Document Type: Article

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