Miliary tuberculosis in an Indian lady: Looking beyond miliary tuberculosis
Presence of miliary shadows in chest imaging in the appropriate clinical setting is often taken as a marker of miliary tuberculosis. If sputum is negative for acid -fast bacillus, empirical anti-tubercular therapy is given without securing a histological or microbiological diagnosis. We report a you...
Main Authors: | Arjun Lakshman, Varun Dhir, Narender Kumar, Manphool Singhal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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Series: | Lung India |
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Online Access: | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2015;volume=32;issue=5;spage=492;epage=494;aulast=Lakshman |
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