Complete Resection is Mandatory for Tubercular Cold Abscess of the Chest Wall

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 273-277

  Kim, Young Tae ^a   Han, Kook Nam ^a   Kang, Chang Hyun ^a   Sung, Sook Whan ^a   Kim, Joo Hyun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RARE DISEASES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 37249093081     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.046     Document Type: Article

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