Increasing Number and Volume of Cavitary Lesions on Chest Computed Tomography Are Associated With Prolonged Time to Culture Conversion in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Cavitary lesions (CLs) primarily identified by chest x-ray (CXR) have been associated with worse clinical outcomes among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Chest computed tomography (CT), which has better resolution and increased sensitivity to detect lung abnormalities, has bee...

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Autores principales: Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C, Little, Brent P, Bernheim, Adam, Schechter, Marcos C, Ray, Susan M, Bizune, Destani, Kempker, Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz232

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz232

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