Hepatobiliary tuberculosis: A review of presentations and outcomes

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-361

  Chong, Vui Heng ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Biliary involvement; Clinical presentation; Obstructive jaundice; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; JAUNDICE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRUNEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC;

EID: 41949140215     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318164ddbb     Document Type: Article

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