Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among diabetic patients at the Dessie referral hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Amare, Hiwot ^a   Gelaw, Aschalew ^b   Anagaw, Belay ^b   Gelaw, Baye ^b  

^a Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dessie; Diabetic patients; Ethiopia; Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84892694281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-6     Document Type: Article

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