Tuberculosis in older adults in Soweto, South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1220-1222

  Karstaedt, A S ^a   Bolhaar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; HIV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPONATREMIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907171472     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0210     Document Type: Article

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