Recurrent pneumothorax developing during chemotherapy in a patient with miliary tuberculosis

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 173-175

  Gupta, Prem ^a   Mehta, Dinesh ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Chand, Trilok ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomogram features; Miliary tuberculosis; Nonimmunocompromised patient; Recurrent pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36049026964     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.36555     Document Type: Article

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