Infections in rheumatology practice: An experience from NIMS, Hyderabad

Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 25-30

  Irlapati, Rajendra Vara Prasad ^a   Nagaprabu, Vadivelmurugan Nagasubrani ^a   Suresh, Kanchinadam ^a   Agrawal, Sumeet ^a   Gumdal, Narsimulu ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infections; rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; LEPROSY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MUCOSA; MYCOSIS; NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERA;

EID: 84992258620     PISSN: 09733698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-3698(11)60026-5     Document Type: Article

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