A rare case of pulmonary tuberculosis with simultaneous pulmonary and skin sarcoidosis: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mise, Kornelija ^a   Goic Barisic, Ivana ^a   Puizina Ivic, Neira ^a   Barisic, Igor ^a   Tonkic, Marija ^a   Peric, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 77953422287     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-3-24     Document Type: Article

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