Concomitant presence of culture-proven active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - A Hospital based study

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1344-1348

  Liaquat, Aneela ^a   Iram, Shagufta ^b   Hussain, Shahida ^b   Yusuf, Noshin Wasim ^c   Azeem, Hassan ^d  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c Rashid Lateef Medical College   (Pakistan)

^d JINNAH HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Lowenstein Jensen (LJ); Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT); Mycobacteriumtuberculosis (MTB); Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB); Tuberculosis (TB); Ziehl Neelsen (ZN)

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84948990523     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.316.8166     Document Type: Article

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