Nation-based case-control study investigating the relationship between oral corticosteroids use and pulmonary tuberculosis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-57

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Li ^a,b   Liao, Kuan Fu ^c,d,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case control study; Oral corticosteroids; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Taiwan National Health Insurance Program

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ODDS RATIO; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019867041     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.05.020     Document Type: Article

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