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Scrofula: emergency department presentation and characteristics

BACKGROUND: In the US, scrofula is generally uncommon, but it may be the manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. Given the delay to obtain PPD results, AFB results, and cultures for TB, the emergency physician (EP) must rely on the history and physical examination t...

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Autores principales: Forget, Nicolas, Challoner, Kathryn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-009-0117-8

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