High-resolution CT findings in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: Correlation with the degree of smear positivity

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-159

  Ors, Fatih ^a   Deniz, Omer ^a   Bozlar, Ugur ^a   Gumus, Seyfettin ^a   Tasar, Mustafa ^a   Tozkoparan, Ergun ^a   Tayfun, Cem ^a   Bilgic, Hayati ^a   Grant, Brydon J B ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

HRCT; Smear; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34249885581     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213590.29472.ce     Document Type: Article

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