Resectional surgery combined with chemotherapy remains the treatment of choice for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-528

  Shiraishi, Yuji ^a   Nakajima, Yutsuki ^a   Katsuragi, Naoya ^a   Kurai, Makoto ^a   Takahashi, Nobumasa ^a  

^a Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSERINE; ENVIOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURVIVAL; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4644356800     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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