Chest computed tomography is more likely to show latent tuberculosis foci than simple chest radiography in liver transplant candidates

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 963-968

  Lyu, Jiwon ^a   Lee, Sung Gyu ^a   Hwang, Shin ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Cho, Oh Hyun ^a   Chae, Eun Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 79960794482     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22319     Document Type: Article

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