Pulmonary Tuberculous: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. 19-year experience in a third level pediatric hospital

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  González Saldaña, Napoleón ^a   Macías Parra, Mercedes ^a   Hernández Porras, Marte ^a   Gutiérrez Castrellón, Pedro ^a   Gómez Toscano, Valeria ^a   Juárez Olguin, Hugo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis in children

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84905402836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-401     Document Type: Article

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