Tuberculosis mortality: Patient characteristics and causes

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Chou Han ^a   Lin, Chou Jui ^b   Kuo, Yao Wen ^c   Wang, Jann Yuan ^c   Hsu, Chia Lin ^c   Chen, Jong Min ^c   Cheng, Wern Cherng ^d   Lee, Li Na ^d  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Risk factor; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892183997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-5     Document Type: Article

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