Smoking and 2-month culture conversion during anti-tuberculosis treatment

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Maciel, Ethel L N ^a   Brioschi, A P ^a   Peres, R L ^a   Guidoni, L M ^a   Ribeiro, F K ^a   Hadad, D J ^a   Vinhas, S A ^a   Zandonade, E ^a   Palaci, M ^a   Dietze, R ^a   Johnson, J L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture conversion; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872338832     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0426     Document Type: Article

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