Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients are affected by physician specialty and experience

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-372

  Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Lin, Wei Ru ^a   Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b   Lin, Shu Hui ^a   Lin, Chuen Ju ^a   Lo, Wan Ching ^c   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Healthcare system delays; Specialties; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONOLOGIST; SPECIALIZATION; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 78349311080     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e92b06     Document Type: Article

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