Relationship between CT findings of pulmonary tuberculosis and the number of acid-fast bacilli on sputum smears

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Matsuoka, Shin ^a,d   Uchiyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Shima, Hideki ^a   Suzuki, Kiminori ^b   Shimura, Akimitsu ^b   Sasaki, Yuka ^c   Yamagishi, Fumio ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chiba Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Computed tomography; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; FREQUENCIES; PATIENT MONITORING;

CAVITY LUMEN; SPUTUM SMEARS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1642463031     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00148-7     Document Type: Article

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