Prognostic factors of clinical outcome of the tuberculous pleural effusion;Factures pronósticos de la evolución clínica del derrame pleural tuberculoso

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 491-493

  Montero Ruiz, Eduardo ^a   López Álvarez, Joaquín ^a   Hernández Ahijado, Concepción ^a   Rojas Giraldo, Raquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pleural Effusion; Pleural tuberculosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 18844454080     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13073562     Document Type: Article

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