Clinical manifestations of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

The clinical manifestations of tuberculosis are dependent on a number of factors: age, immune status, co-existing diseases, immunization status to the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG); virulence of the infecting organism and host-microbe interaction. Before the advent of the HIV epidemic, approxima...

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Main Author: Robert L. Serafino Wani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South Sudan Doctors' Association 2013-08-01
Series:South Sudan Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com/archive/august-2013/clinical-manifestations-of-pulmonary-and-extra-pulmonary-tuberculosis.html