Multicentric analysis of childhood tuberculosis in Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-129

  Pekcan, Sevgi ^a   Aslan, Ayşe Tana ^b   Kiper, Nural ^c   Uysal, Gülnar ^d   Gürkan, Fuat ^e   Patiroǧlu, Türkan ^f   Öztürk, Mustafa ^e   Özen, Metehan ^g   Daǧli, Elif ^h   Doǧru, Ülker ⁱ   Kocabaş, Emine ^j   Sarisoy, Özlem ^k   Koçak, Abdülkadir ^b   Uzuner, Nevin ^l   Reisli, Ismail ^a   Bolat, Ayşe ^m   Uǧuz, Ayşen ⁿ   Karakelleoǧlu, Cahit ^o   Uyan, Ayten ^p   Köse, Mehmet ^f   Cinel, Güzin ^c   Çobanoǧlu, Nazan ^q   Yalçin, Ebru ^c   Doǧru, Deniz ^c   Özçelik, Uǧur ^c   more..

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SSK Diskapi Hospital   (Turkey)

^e DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^o ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q Department of Neurosurgery Cyprus   (Turkey)

more..

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Directly observed treatment; Tuberculin skin test; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECURRENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84880608543     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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