The validity of medical history, classic symptoms, and chest radiographs in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis: Derivation of a pulmonary tuberculosis prediction model

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Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1248-1253

  Tattevin, Pierre ^a   Casalino, Enrique ^a   Fleury, Laurent ^b   Egmann, Gérald ^c   Ruel, Michel ^d   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c Service des Urgences   (Guyana)

^d Hopital Max Fourestier   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Isolation; Predictive model; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032928202     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1248     Document Type: Article

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