Increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with appendectomy in Taiwan

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1573-1577

  Lai, S W ^a,b   Lin, C L ^b,c   Liao, K F ^c,d   Tsai, S M ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TAIWAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905975392     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2112-0     Document Type: Article

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