Overt and cryptic miliary tuberculosis misdiagnosed until autopsy

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 794-796

  Vasankari, Tuula ^a   Liippo, Kari ^a   Tala, Eero ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0348229393     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310016961     Document Type: Article

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