Medical management of drug-sensitive active thoracic tuberculosis: the work-up, radiographic findings and treatment
| Autor: | Jared J Eddy, Taimur Azam Khan, Frank Schembri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Drug medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Review Article Disease medicine.disease Work-up 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Review article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Active tb medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Presentation (obstetrics) Intensive care medicine business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10:S3378-S3391 |
| ISSN: | 2077-6624 2072-1439 |
| DOI: | 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.84 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease have plagued human civilization across time and led to immeasurable morbidity and mortality. This review article focuses on the most currently available information regarding the diagnostic workup, radiologic presentation and treatment of drug-sensitive active TB. As discussed, if adequate resources and methods are available to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients, drug sensitive TB is an imminently curable disease. |
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