A twenty-year retrospective study of pediatric tuberculosis in two tertiary hospitals in Rome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1022-1026

  Buonsenso, Danilo ^a   Lancella, Laura ^b   Delogu, Giovanni ^a   Krzysztofiak, Andrej ^b   Testa, Angela ^c   Ranno, Orazio ^a   D'Alfonso, Pamela ^a   Valentini, Piero ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; pediatric tuberculosis; quantiferon; tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS; TUBERCULAR PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866601468     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182615270     Document Type: Article

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