A case of sarcoidosis following exporsure to myobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) [5]

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 58-59

  Rutherford, R M ^a   Gilmartin, J J ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037762663     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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