Clinical features of atypical tuberculosis mimicking bacterial pneumonia

Qi Min; Li Pei-Jun; Wang Ye; Liang Zong-An

doi:10.1515/med-2021-0349

Open Medicine (Oct 2021)

Clinical features of atypical tuberculosis mimicking bacterial pneumonia

Qi Min,
Li Pei-Jun,
Wang Ye,
Liang Zong-An

Affiliations

Qi Min: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
Li Pei-Jun: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
Wang Ye: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
Liang Zong-An: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0349
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1608 – 1615

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The aim of this study is to investigate clinical features of atypical pulmonary tuberculosis (aPTB) mimicking bacterial pneumonia, determine imaging features with the highest degree of correlation, and identify predictors for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) positivity.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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