A case of acute tuberculous pleuropneumonia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 578-585

  Zivanovic, Snezana ^a   Saranac, Ljiljana ^a   Kostic, Gordana ^a   Bogicevic, Vesna ^a   Jovancic, Danijela ^a  

^a University Clinical Centre   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 77952931938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.52     Document Type: Article

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