Clinical presentation of children with pulmonary tuberculosis: 25 years of experience in Lima, Peru

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1066-1073

  Del Castillo Barrientos, H ^a   Centeno Luque, G ^a,b   Untiveros Tello, A ^a   Simms, B ^b   Lecca, L ^c   Nelson, A K ^d   Lastimoso, C ^e   Shin, S ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Boston Health Care for the Homeless   (United States)

Author keywords

Chart abstraction; Developing countries; Infectious disease; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHT SWEAT; PALLOR; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT TRACING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84906666795     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0458     Document Type: Article

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