Tuberculosis of the breast

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 110-114

  Baharoon, Salim ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Direct amplification tests (DAT); M tuberculosis direct test (MTD); Tuberculous mastitis (TM)

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; BREAST TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 47949087561     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.41918     Document Type: Review

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