Splenectomy correlates with increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis: A case-control study in Taiwan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 764-767

  Lai, S W ^a,b   Wang, I K ^b,c   Lin, C L ^b,c   Chen, H J ^b,c   Liao, K F ^c,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

Diabetes mellitus; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENECTOMY; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMORBIDITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

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

EID: 84906791984     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12516     Document Type: Article

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