Development of exudative tuberculosis during treatment for aspiration pneumonia in an elderly post-stroke patient with symptomatic epilepsy

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 460-465

  Matsuo, Tomohei ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroaki ^a   Tachi, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshida, Kazufumi ^a   Teramoto, Shinji ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Elderly; Exudative tuberculosis; Lymphopenia; Post stroke complications

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84916222931     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.51.460     Document Type: Article

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