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Development of active tuberculosis during treatment of head and neck carcinoma: a case series

BACKGROUND: Patients with head and neck carcinoma are considered to be at high risk of developing tuberculosis, since the risk of morbidity due to tuberculosis in these patients is 2.86 to 16 times the risk in the general population. CASE PRESENTATION: This case series describes an 83-year-old Japan...

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Autor principal: Matsuo, Mioko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31122266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2055-2