The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Dialysis Patients

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-422

  Richardson, Robert M A ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864000004     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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