Breast tuberculosis: Diagnosis, clinical features & management

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Tewari, Mallika ^a   Shukla, Hari S ^a,b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast tuberculosis; Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MASTITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 26044481467     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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