Pleural Tuberculosis

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Lazarus, Angeline A ^a   McKay, Sean ^a   Gilbert, Russell ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 33846093034     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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