Metaplastic ossification in the cartilage of the bronchus of a patient with chronic multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eum, Seok Yong ^a   Kong, Ji Hye ^a   Jeon, Bo Young ^b   Cho, Sang Nae ^b   Kim, Jhingook ^c   Via, Laura E ^d   Barry Iii, Clifton E ^d   Koh, Won Jung ^c  

^a International Tuberculosis Research Center   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE MARROW; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DESQUAMATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; GIANT CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOREA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG LESION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952624504     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-156     Document Type: Article

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