Endobronchial tuberculosis presenting as right middle lobe syndrome: Clinical characteristics and bronchoscopic findings in 22 cases

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-619

  Kim, Ho Cheol ^a   Kim, Hyeon Sik ^a   Lee, Seung Jun ^a   Jeong, Yi Yeong ^a   Jeon, Kyoung Nyeo ^a   Lee, Jong Deok ^a   Hwang, Young Sil ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endobronchial tuberculosis; Right middle lobe syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE LUNG LOBE SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE LOBE SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 52949154311     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.615     Document Type: Article

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