Surgery increased the chance of cure in multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Sung, Sook Whan ^a   Kang, Chang Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Tae ^a   Han, Sung Koo ^a   Shim, Young Soo ^a   Kim, Joo Hyun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung; Multi drug resistant; Surgery; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; ENVIOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLINDNESS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0032791591     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00158-X     Document Type: Article

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