RT Book, Section
A1 Fitzpatrick, Meghan E.
A1 Prendergast, Niall T.
A1 Rivera-Lebron, Belinda
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193146156
T1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193146156
RD 2024/10/04
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISFatigue,  weight  loss,  fever,  night  sweats,  and  productive  cough.Risk  factors  for  acquisition  of  infection:  household  exposure,  incarceration,  drug  use,  travel  to  or  residence  in  endemic  area.Chest  radiograph:  pulmonary  opacities,  including  nodular  or  cavitating.Acid-fast  bacilli  on  smear  of  sputum,  rapid  molecular  testing  positive,  or  sputum  culture  positive  for  M  tuberculosis.