Concurrent tuberculosis and influenza, South Korea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-167

  Noh, Ji Yun ^a,b   Lee, Jacob ^c   Choi, Won Suk ^a,b   Song, Joon Young ^a,b   Seo, Yu Bin ^a,b   Kim, In Seon ^a,b   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a,b   Kim, Woo Joo ^a,b,c,d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Influenza Institute   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Transgovernmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COINFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84871634918     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.111613     Document Type: Letter

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