Destroyed lung syndrome in patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.

Autor: Gyabaah S; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Gyan KF; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Mensah HO; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Darkwa EA; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Owiredu MA; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Nyamuame VS; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana., Amponsah GM; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana., Amenuke DA; Directorate of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical case reports [Clin Case Rep] 2024 Sep 16; Vol. 12 (9), pp. e9441. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 16 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.9441
Abstrakt: Destroyed lung syndrome is a recognized devastating complication of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) that affects the quality of life of patients. Clinicians in TB-endemic countries should be aware of this complication aiming at prevention. TB control programs should intensify efforts at early detection and treatment and also provide interventions for post-TB complications.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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