Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with chronic obstructive airway disease in Taiwan: a nationwide cohort study

BACKGROUND: An association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and tuberculosis (TB) has been described, mainly due to smoking and corticosteroid use. Whether inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy is associated with an increased risk of TB remains unclear. METHODS: We selected COPD c...

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Autores principales: Lee, Chih-Hsin, Lee, Ming-Chia, Shu, Chin-Chung, Lim, Chor-Shen, Wang, Jann-Yuan, Lee, Li-Na, Chao, Kun-Mao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23631563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-194

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23631563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-194

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