High resolution computed tomographic patterns in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 703-707

  Naseem, Arshad ^a,c   Saeed, Waseem ^a   Khan, Shamrez ^b  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AFB positive; Centrilobular nodules; High resolution CT (HRCT) patterns; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549083405     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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