Adjunct therapy with corticosteroids or paracentesis for treatment of tuberculous pleural effusion

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 504-508

  Mansour, A A ^a   Al Rbeay, T B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 33847664150     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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