Chest X-rays and associated clinical parameters in pulmonary tuberculosis cases from the National Tuberculosis Programme, Mumbai

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Dholakia, Yatin N ^a   D'souza, Desiree T B ^a   Tolani, Monica P ^a   Chatterjee, Anirvan ^a   Mistry, Nerges F ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Chest radiographs; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Spoligotype; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866778255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2012.e10     Document Type: Article

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