Increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in chronic interstitial lung disease.
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Y Shachor, D Schindler, A Siegal, D Lieberman, Y Mikulski, I Bruderman
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Increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in chronic interstitial lung disease Y
SHACHOR, D SCHINDLER, A SIEGAL, D LIEBERMAN, Y MIKULSKI, I BRUDERMAN From
the Chest, Pathology, and Radiology Departments, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, and
the Sackler School ofMedicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel ABSTRACT Of 162
patients with chronic interstitial lung disease, eight (seven of them male) had active …
Increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in chronic interstitial lung disease Y
SHACHOR, D SCHINDLER, A SIEGAL, D LIEBERMAN, Y MIKULSKI, I BRUDERMAN From
the Chest, Pathology, and Radiology Departments, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, and
the Sackler School ofMedicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel ABSTRACT Of 162
patients with chronic interstitial lung disease, eight (seven of them male) had active …
Of 162 patients with chronic interstitial lung disease, eight (seven of them male) had active tuberculosis. This was 4.5 times higher than the incidence in the general population. The frequency of tuberculosis was similar in patients treated with and without corticosteroids.
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