Comparison of clinical manifestations and treatment outcome according to age groups in adult patients with miliary tuberculosis | Zendy

Jaehee Lee | Zendy; Jae Kwang Lim | Zendy; Eun Jin Kim | Zendy; Deok Heon Lee | Zendy; Yu Kyung Kim | Zendy; Seung Soo Yoo | Zendy; Shin Yup Lee | Zendy; Seung Ick | Zendy; Jae Yong Park | Zendy; Chang Ho Kim | Zendy

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Comparison of clinical manifestations and treatment outcome according to age groups in adult patients with miliary tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Jaehee Lee,

Jae Kwang Lim,

Eun Jin Kim,

Deok Heon Lee,

Yu Kyung Kim,

Seung Soo Yoo,

Shin Yup Lee,

Seung Ick,

Jae Yong Park,

Chang Ho Kim

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.139

Subject(s) - medicine , miliary tuberculosis , pediatrics , young adult , tuberculosis , middle age , age groups , pathology , demography , sociology

After the introduction of chemotherapy, miliary tuberculosis (TB) has been more prevalent in adults than in children. However, adult patients have a wide age range and may have different characteristics across the age span. Thus, clinical manifestations and treatment outcome may differ according to age groups in adult patients with miliary TB. However, there is limited information regarding this issue.

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