Computed tomography in predicting smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in AIDS patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3228-3233

  Feng, Feng ^a   Shi, Yu Xin ^a   Xia, Gan Lin ^b   Zhu, Ying ^a   Lu, Hong Zhou ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yong ^c  

^a SHANGHAI PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clinical findings; Computed tomography; Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANDIDIASIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84883505587     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130733     Document Type: Article

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