Pneumoconiosis and liver cirrhosis are not risk factors for tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary infection

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-419

  Wu, Huang Pin ^a,b   Pan, Yu Huei ^a   Hua, Chung Ching ^a   Shieh, Wen Bin ^a,b   Jiang, Bor Yiing ^a   Yu, Teng Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Liver cirrhosis; Male gender; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; COAL WORKER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34547458602     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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