Pulmonary involvement in patients presenting with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: thinking beyond a normal chest x-ray

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Herath S (Συγγραφέας), Lewis C (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: CSIRO Publishing, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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INTRODUCTION: Recognition of pulmonary involvement in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) may be an important public health issue, as smear-negative pulmonary TB is responsible for about 17% of new infections. Pulmonary TB can be present despite a normal chest x-ray (CXR), even in human immunodeficien...