Clinical and laboratory features of tuberculosis within a hospital population in Libreville, Gabon

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 737-739

  Kombila, D U ^a   Moussavou Kombila, J B ^a   Grobusch, M P ^b,c,d   Lell, B ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GABON; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GABON; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878871108     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0383-x     Document Type: Letter

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