Manifestations of tuberculosis in elderly versus young hospitalised patients in Amritsar, India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1210-1213

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Kajal, N C ^a   Maske, A ^a   Singh, S P ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Respiratory; Symptoms; Tuberculosis; Young

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COINFECTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865235902     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0778     Document Type: Article

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