Performance of computed tomography versus chest radiography in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without diabetes at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Prior research suggests that diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with increasing risk for developing cavitary lung disease in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Additionally, chest computed tomography (CT) scan may be more sensitive than chest X-ray in detecting cavitary disease...

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Autores principales: Alkabab, Yosra M, Enani, Mushira A, Indarkiri, Nouf Y, Heysell, Scott K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29379307
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S151844

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29379307
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S151844

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