Esophageal stent improves ventilation in a child with a broncho-esophageal fistula caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-97

  Goussard, P ^a,b   Sidler, D ^a   Kling, S ^a   Andronikou, S ^a   Rossouw, G F ^a   Gie, R P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Broncho esophageal fistulas; Esophageal stent; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STENT; TRACHEOMALACIA; TUBE FEEDING;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846155880     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20532     Document Type: Article

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