Pleural thickening, trapped lung, and chronic empyema as sequelae of tuberculous pleural effusion: Don't sweat the pleural thickening

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 461-464

  Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ISONIAZID; OROSOMUCOID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EMPYEMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; THORACOCENTESIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; PROGNOSIS;

EMPYEMA; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036015657     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/09640569512931     Document Type: Editorial

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