Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott's disease) with bilateral pleural effusion

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 883-885

  Okuyama, Yusuke ^b   Nakaoka, Yusuke ^a   Kimoto, Kunihiko ^a   Ozasa, Kotaro ^b  

^a Osaka Railway Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bilateral pleuritis; Pott's disease

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0030462219     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.883     Document Type: Article

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