Childhood Tuberculosis in Northern Viet Nam: A Review of 103 Cases

Childhood tuberculosis causes significant morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia, yet little is known about the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of this disease in Viet Nam. To determine the demographics, clinical presentations, radiographic and microbiologic findings, treatment regimens...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 5; p. e97267
Main Authors:	Blount, Robert J., Tran, Bao, Jarlsberg, Leah G., Phan, Ha, Thanh Hoang, Van, Nguyen, Nhung Viet, Lewinsohn, Deborah A., Nahid, Payam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 12.05.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Age Distribution AIDS Antitubercular agents Bacilli Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine BCG Child Child, Preschool Childhood Children Children & youth Cough Critical care Demographics Demography Epidemiology Family medical history Female Fever Histopathology HIV Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infant Infections Lymphadenitis Male Malnutrition Medical diagnosis Medical referrals Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Meningitis Minority & ethnic groups Morbidity Mortality Pediatrics Retrospective Studies Side effects Therapeutics Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis - therapy Vaccination Vietnam - epidemiology Vietnam San Francisco California California United States > US
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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