Chest wall tuberculosis: Clinical features and treatment outcomes

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Kim, Young Joo ^a   Jeon, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Chang Ho ^a   Park, Jae Yong ^a   Jung, Tae Hoon ^a   Lee, Eung Bae ^a   Park, Tae In ^a   Jeon, Kyung Nyeo ^b   Jung, Chi Young ^c   Cha, Seung Ick ^a  

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

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

^c Daegu Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone scintigram; Chest wall; Computed tomography; Surgery; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHEST WALL TUBERCULOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 70450060143     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2009.67.4.318     Document Type: Article

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