Chest tuberculosis with mediastinal asymptomatic lymphadenitis without lung involvement in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-285

  Pirina, Pietro ^a   Spada, Valentina ^a   Santoru, Luigi ^a   Polo, Maria Francesca ^a   Molicotti, Paola ^a   Marras, Vincenzo ^a   Rocca, Paolo Cossu ^a   Canu, Sara ^a   Zanetti, Stefania ^a   Fois, Alessandro Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT features; HIV seronegativity; Lymphadenitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLIC ACID; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWELLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENEGAL; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 84875185570     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2973     Document Type: Article

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