Tuberculosis in cancer patients: An update

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Libshitz, Herman I ^a,b   Pannu, Harpreet K ^a   Elting, Linda S ^a   Cooksley, Catherine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignancy, complications; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, demographics

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031050306     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199701000-00006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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