Tuberculous pleurisy as a manifestation of primary and reactivation disease in a region with a high prevalence of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 816-822

  Liam, Chong Kin ^a,b   Lim, K H ^a   Wong, C M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Pleural, tuberculosis; Primary; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032834685     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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