Pretreatment chest x-ray severity and its relation to bacterial burden in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Pretreatment chest x-ray severity and its relation to bacterial burden in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract Background Chest radiographs are used for diagnosis and severity assessment in tuberculosis (TB). The extent of disease as determined by smear grade and cavitation as a binary measure can predict 2-month smear results, but little has been done to determine whether radiological severity refl...

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Main Authors: S. E. Murthy, F. Chatterjee, A. Crook, R. Dawson, C. Mendel, M. E. Murphy, S. R. Murray, A. J. Nunn, P. P. J. Phillips, Kasha P. Singh, T. D. McHugh, S. H. Gillespie, On behalf of the REMoxTB Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Pulmonary tuberculosis
chest x-ray
cavitation
pretreatment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1053-3

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