Bacillarity at autopsy in pulmonary tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often disseminated

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Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 625-629

  Lillebaek, Troels ^a   Kok Jensen, Axel ^b   Viskum, Kaj ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Culture; Pulmonary; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AUTOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036757249     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1100905.x     Document Type: Article

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