Utility of high-resolution computed tomography for predicting risk of sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-550

  Nakanishi, Masanori ^a   Demura, Yoshiki ^a   Ameshima, Shingo ^a   Kosaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Chiba, Yukio ^b   Nishikawa, Satoshi ^b   Itoh, Harumi ^a   Ishizaki, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branching linear opacity; HRCT findings; Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; Tree in bud appearance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURES; HIGH PROBABILITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HRCT FINDINGS; IMAGING MODALITY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OBSERVABILITY; OPACITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

RISKS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77949492091     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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