Factors Associated With Misdiagnosis of Smear-Negative Tuberculosis: An Experience in Taiwan.
BACKGROUND: A negative sputum smear from a patient with history, physical examination, and chest x-ray findings suggestive of tuberculosis (TB) presents a diagnostic dilemma. We investigated the possible factors associated with a misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of TB among such patients. ME...
| Publicado en: | Respiratory Care Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 753 - 758 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
May2012
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |