Is diagnostic protocol a cause of overestimation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Himachal Pradesh? A report from a high-prevalence tuberculosis unit

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-196

  Chander, Vishav ^a   Raina, S K ^a   Bhardwaj, A ^a   Kashyap, S ^b   Gupta, Anmol ^b   Sood, Abhilash ^a  

^a Venereology and Leprosy   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic protocol; extra pulmonary tuberculosis; overestimation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXCISION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA FLUID; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84883650350     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.116519     Document Type: Article

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