Characteristics of patients suffering from tuberculous pleuritis with pleural effusion culture positive and negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and risk factors for fatality

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Liu, S F ^a   Liu, Jien Wei ^a   Lin, M C ^a  

^a C G Mem Hosp Kaohsiung Med Ctr   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture negative; Culture positive; Fatality; Tuberculous effusion; Tuberculous pleuritis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 11844297354     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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