Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: the comorbidityof the near future?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1389-

  Sotgiu, Giovanni ^a   Gegia, Medea ^b   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (Georgia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84911382592     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0569     Document Type: Editorial

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