Radiographic improvement and its predictors in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Heo, Eun Young ^a   Chun, Eun Ju ^b   Lee, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Young Whan ^a   Han, Sung Koo ^a   Shim, Young Soo ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^b   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Radiography; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LESION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350568738     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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