Childhood tuberculosis in Northern Viet Nam: A review of 103 cases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Blount, Robert J ^a   Tran, Bao ^a   Jarlsberg, Leah G ^a   Phan, Ha ^a   Thanh Hoang, Van ^b,c   Nguyen, Nhung Viet ^b,c   Lewinsohn, Deborah A ^d   Nahid, Payam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c Viet Nam National Hospital for Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COUGHING; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OTOTOXICITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIET NAM; VOMITING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84901280361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097267     Document Type: Review

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