Clinical spectrum and outcomes of geriatric tuberculosis emergencies in North India

Clinical spectrum and outcomes of geriatric tuberculosis emergencies in North India

OBJECTIVES: Despite the acute and life-threatening repercussions that tuberculosis (TB) may have on the burgeoning older population in endemic countries like India, the spectrum of geriatric TB emergencies is not adequately understood. METHODS: We performed a prospective observational study at the e...

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Main Authors: Nadim Rahman, Rakesh Yadav, Sunil Sethi, Atul Saroch, Ashish Behera, Ashish Bhalla, Mandeep Garg, Ashok Kumar Pannu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test
diagnosis
emergency
geriatrics
mortality
older
spectrum
tuberculosis
xpert
Online Access:http://www.turkjemergmed.org/article.asp?issn=2452-2473;year=2021;volume=21;issue=3;spage=91;epage=97;aulast=Rahman

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