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Sensitivity to sensitins and tuberculin in Swedish children II. A study of preschool children 瑞典儿童对敏感素和结核菌素的敏感性2。对学龄前儿童的研究

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90022-K

L.O. Larsson , B.-E. Skoogh , M.W. Bentzon , M. Magnusson , J. Olofson , J. Taranger , A. Lind

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引用次数: 36

Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology and incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteriai species 沙特阿拉伯的结核病:结核分枝杆菌和其他分枝杆菌种类的流行病学和发病率

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90023-L

Razina Zaman

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引用次数: 30

Management of jaundice occurring during antituberculosis chemotherapy 抗结核化疗期间黄疸的处理

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90028-Q

Robert Carlen

引用次数: 0

Tuberculous pancreatitis and AIDS 结核性胰腺炎和艾滋病

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90030-V

Stan Houston

引用次数: 4

Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of tuberculosis 聚合酶链反应对肺结核诊断的评价

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90020-S

N. Manjunath , P. Shankar , L. Rajan , A. Bhargava , S. Saluja , Shriniwas

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引用次数: 142

The global tuberculosis situation and the new control strategy of the World Health Organization. 全球结核病形势与世界卫生组织新的控制战略。

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1590/S0042-96862001000100014

A. Kochi

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引用次数: 687

Sensitivity to sensitins and tuberculin in Swedish children I. A study of schoolchildren in an urban area 瑞典儿童对敏感素和结核菌素的敏感性:一项对城市地区学龄儿童的研究

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90021-J

A. Lind , L.O. Larsson , M.W. Bentzon , M. Magnusson , J. Olofson , I. Sjogren , I.-L. Strannegard , B.-E. Skoogh

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引用次数: 54

The value of routine bronchial aspirate culture at fibreoptic bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis 纤维支气管镜常规支气管吸入培养对肺结核的诊断价值

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90027-P

Kaushal Pant, Rajesh Bhagat

引用次数: 6

Tuberculous meningiomyeloradicuIitis—a report of two cases 结核性脊膜根炎2例报告

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90026-O

D.P. Naidoo, D. Desai, L. Kranidiotis

引用次数: 11

Bad news from North Lebanon 黎巴嫩北部传来坏消息

Tubercle Pub Date : 1991-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90031-M

G.M. Bahr, J.L. Stanford, A.M. de L. Costello

引用次数: 4