The validity of classic symptoms and chest radiographic configuration in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 420-423

  Cohen, Robert ^a   Muzaffar, Shirin ^a   Capellan, José ^a   Azar, Hasan ^a   Chinikamwala, Mustafa ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; predictive model; sputum acid fast bacilli smear; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030062435     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.2.420     Document Type: Article

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