Chest radiographic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in severely immunocompromised patients with the human immunodeficiency virus

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1014, 2012, Pages

  Kisembo, Harriet N ^a   Den Boon, S ^b   Davis, J L ^c   Okello, R ^b   Worodria, W ^b   Cattamanchi, A ^c   Huang, L ^c   Kawooya, M G ^b  

^a MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84861868695     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/70704099     Document Type: Article

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