A high resolution computer tomography scoring system to predict culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department.

A high resolution computer tomography scoring system to predict culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department.

This study evaluated the use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) to predict the presence of culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in adult patients with pulmonary lesions in the emergency department (ED). The study included a derivation phase and validation phase with a total of 8,...

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Main Authors: Jun-Jun Yeh, Choo-Aun Neoh, Cheng-Ren Chen, Christine Yi-Ting Chou, Ming-Ting Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984117?pdf=render

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