Moxifloxacin Use and Its Association on the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in An Inner City Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 371-375

  Rush, Barret ^a   Wormsbecker, Andrew ^a   Stenstrom, Rob ^b   Kassen, Barry ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; moxifloxacin; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TIME TO TREATMENT; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84960380742     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.044     Document Type: Article

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