Relationship between computed tomography findings and nutritional status in elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1809-1814

  Okamura, Kyoko ^a,c   Nagata, Nobuhiko ^b   Kumazoe, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikegame, Satoshi ^a   Wakamatsu, Kentaro ^a   Kajiki, Akira ^a   Kitahara, Yoshinari ^a   Takayama, Koichi ^c   Nakanishi, Yoichi ^c  

^a Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Computed tomography; Elderly; Nutrition; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STEROID THERAPY; TREE IN BUD PATTERN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80052393717     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5198     Document Type: Article

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