Description of pediatric tuberculosis evaluated in a referral center in Istanbul Turkey

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1176-1182

  Gulec, Seda Geylani ^a   Telhan, Leyla ^a   Koçkaya, Tanyel ^a   Erdem, Ela ^a   Bayraktar, Banu ^a   Palanduz, Ayse ^b  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Extra thoracic tuberculosis; Intra thoracic tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERICARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISONIAZID; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 84868140490     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.6.1176     Document Type: Review

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