Why is In-hospital Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Delayed in Southern Taiwan?

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b   Lin, Wei Ru ^a,c   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Huang, Pei Ming ^d   Tsai, Zhong Rong ^d   Huang, Ming Shyan ^d   Tsai, Wen Cheng ^e   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

^e ZUOYING ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

delayed diagnosis; fluoroquinolones; malignancy; risk factors; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77952103128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60052-6     Document Type: Article

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