Clinical and radiographic predictors in diagnosing sputum smearnegative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients: A crosssectional study in China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3662-3667

  Li, Xin Xu ^a   Jaing, Shi Wen ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Jing, Kuan He ^b   Wang, Li ^c   Li, Wei Bin ^a   Liu, Xiao Qiu ^a   Yao, Hong Yan ^a   Wang, Li Xia ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment of Chongqing   (China)

^c Liaoning Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Pulmonary radiography; Smear negative; Tuberculosis; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84884891671     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20122778     Document Type: Article

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