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Impact of emphysema on sputum culture conversion in male patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: Although cigarette smoking may have a negative impact on the clinical outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), few studies have investigated the impact of smoking-associated lung diseases. Emphysema is a major pathological finding of smoking-related lung damage. We aimed to clarify the e...

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Autores principales: Takasaka, Naoki, Seki, Yoshitaka, Fujisaki, Ikumi, Uchiyama, Shota, Matsubayashi, Sachi, Sato, Akihito, Yamanaka, Yumie, Odashima, Kyuto, Kazuyori, Taisuke, Seki, Aya, Takeda, Hiroshi, Ishikawa, Takeo, Kuwano, Kazuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33160360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01325-1