Tuberculous chylothorax: Case report and review of the literature;Quilotórax tuberculoso: Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 238-240

  Saumoy, M ^a   Mirón, Manuel ^a   Oltra, C ^a   Vidal, F ^a   Richart, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS CHYLOTHORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHYLOTHORAX; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DUCT; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 22344434540     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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