Tuberculous empyema

Respirology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Bai, Kuan Jen ^a   Wu, Ing Her ^a   Yu, Ming Chih ^a   Chiang, I Hsin ^a   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^a   Lin, Tao Ping ^b   Lee, Yung Chie ^b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empyema; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032461162     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1998.tb00132.x     Document Type: Article

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