Pleural tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Chakrabarti, Biswajit ^a   Davies, P D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pleura; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 33646409576     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.582     Document Type: Article

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