Pseudo-recurrence of lung tuberculosis based on the detection of smear AFB positive sputum due to excretion of necrotic material

Kekkaku

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 449-451

  Ito, Kunihiko ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavity; Paradoxical exacerbation; Pseudo recurrence; Recurrence; Smear positive culture negative

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3843115335     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Stead WW: Recurrent Tuberculosis Due to Exogenous Re-infection. New Eng J Med. 2000; 342: 1050.