Early treatment response evaluated by a clinical scoring system correlates with the prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A prospective follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 828-834

  Janols, Helena ^a   Abate, Ebba ^b,c   Idh, Jonna ^c   Senbeto, Meseret ^b   Britton, Sven ^d   Alemu, Shitaye ^e   Aseffa, Abraham ^f   Stendahl, Olle ^c   Schön, Thomas ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^f KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HIV; Mortality; Outcome; TB score; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867811482     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.694468     Document Type: Article

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