Effects of gender and age on development of concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a population based study.

Most cases of adult-onset tuberculosis (TB) result from reactivation of a pre-existing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis usually invades the respiratory tract and most patients develop intrapulmonary TB; however, some patients develop concurrent pulmonary and extra-pul...

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Main Authors: Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Po-Liang Lu, Chung-Chih Lai, Yi-Hsin Yang, Wei-Ru Lin, Pei-Ming Huang, Yen-Hsu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3661599?pdf=render