Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, manifestations, and the value of medical imaging in diagnosis

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 243-250

  De Backer, A I ^a   Mortele K J ^b   De Keulenaer, B L ^c   Parizel, P M ^d  

^a Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33751340049     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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