Genitourinary tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages 27-30

  Patterson, Imogen Y L ^a   Robertus, Linda M ^b   Gwynne, Raymond A ^a   Gardiner, Robert A ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genitourinary; Management; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EPIDIDYMECTOMY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS EPIDIDYMITIS; TUBERCULOUS URETERITIS; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL;

EID: 84859336933     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11041.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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