Clinical perspectives of childhood tuberculosis in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Ho, Tzong Shiann ^a,b   Wang, Shih Min ^a,b   Shen, Ching Fen ^a   Lee, Kuan Hsien ^a   Liu, Ching Chuan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Clinical management; Latent tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANOREXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COUGHING; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84855840531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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