Genital Tuberculosis With Presentation of Spontaneous Abortion in a Patient With Miliary Tuberculosis

Tzu Chi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-333

  Hsu, Chih Wei ^a,b   Hu, Sheng Chuan ^a   Hsu, Yung Hsiang ^a   Liu, Song Wei ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genital tuberculosis; Miliary tuberculosis; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 72649097585     PISSN: 10163190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60065-3     Document Type: Article

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