Pulmonary resection can improve treatment outcome in re-treatment pulmonary tuberculosis and its complications

Pulmonary resection can improve treatment outcome in re-treatment pulmonary tuberculosis and its complications

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a widely spread disease, usually treated by multidrug therapy, nevertheless there are increasing number of cases in which medical treatment fails and requires surgical intervention specially those with large cavitary lesions or persistent sputum positive fo...

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Main Authors: Ali Rifaat, M.A. Ghaly, Ehab Sobhy, Abdulla Badr, Alaa Metwally
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Pulmonary resection
Multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813003051

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