Thymus tuberculosis poorly responding to anti-mycobacterial therapy in a young girl with primary infection

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-236

  Sacco, Oliviero ^a   Gambini, Claudio ^a   Aicardi, Marco ^a   Silvestri, Michela ^a   Rossi, Umberto G ^a   Tomà, Paolo ^a   Mattioli, Girolamo ^a   Jasonni, Vincenzo ^a   Rossi, Giovanni A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Thymus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8144226382     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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