Computed tomography of children with pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 744-749

  Peng, Steven Shinn Forng ^a,b   Chan, Pei Chun ^c   Chang, Yeun Chung ^a,b   Shih, Tiffany Ting Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Infection; Lung; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84855840577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.11.003     Document Type: Review

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