Epidemiology of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Israel, 1999-2010

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Mor, Zohar ^a,b   Pinsker, G ^a   Cedar, N ^a   Lidji, M ^c   Grotto, I ^d,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Tuberculosis Clinic League Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases   (Israel)

^d Public Health Services   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Migration; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSTATISTICS; BIRTHPLACE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84872314819     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0375     Document Type: Article

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