Tuberculosis and profound hypovitaminosis D in an infant

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1008-1010

  Elias, Abdallah F ^a   Dunn, Joel ^b   Huntington, Mark K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

hypocalcemia; mycobacterium; nutrition; tuberculosis; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN D;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VOMITING;

EID: 80054987334     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182271947     Document Type: Article

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