Incidental Administration of Corticosteroid Can Mask the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Lui, Grace ^a   Lee, Nelson ^a   Wong, Bonnie ^a   Hui, David S ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a   Wong, Ka tak ^a   Lam, Rebecca K ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 36448949457     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.01.034     Document Type: Letter

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