Pulmonary resection as an adjunct in the treatment of multiple drug- resistant tuberculosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1368-1373

  Van Leuven, Marc ^a   De Groot, Mark ^a,b   Shean, Karen P ^a   Von Oppell, Ulrich O ^a   Willcox, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031149264     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00234-8     Document Type: Article

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