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792. Number and Volume of Cavitary Lesions on Chest Computed Tomography Associated With Prolonged Time to Culture Conversion in Drug-Susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Cavitary lesions (CLs) may be a marker of poor treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Identification of CLs by chest roentgenogram (CXR) has important limitations. Chest computed tomography (CT) is more sensitive than CXR to detect CLs but the clinical relevance of CLs ident...

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Autor principal: Hernandez, Alfonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254046/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.799