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*'''[[X-ray of the thorax in tuberculosis]]''' is generally the initial choice of investigation.<ref name="BomanjiGupta2015">{{cite journal|last1=Bomanji|first1=J. B.|last2=Gupta|first2=N.|last3=Gulati|first3=P.|last4=Das|first4=C. J.|title=Imaging in Tuberculosis|journal=Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine|volume=5|issue=6|year=2015|pages=a017814–a017814|issn=2157-1422|doi=10.1101/cshperspect.a017814}}</ref> | *'''[[X-ray of the thorax in tuberculosis]]''' is generally the initial choice of investigation.<ref name="BomanjiGupta2015">{{cite journal|last1=Bomanji|first1=J. B.|last2=Gupta|first2=N.|last3=Gulati|first3=P.|last4=Das|first4=C. J.|title=Imaging in Tuberculosis|journal=Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine|volume=5|issue=6|year=2015|pages=a017814–a017814|issn=2157-1422|doi=10.1101/cshperspect.a017814}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:57, 6 May 2019
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Choice of investigation
For suspected pulmonary tuberculosis:
- X-ray of the thorax in tuberculosis is generally the initial choice of investigation.[1]
- CT of the thorax is feasible if:
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bomanji, J. B.; Gupta, N.; Gulati, P.; Das, C. J. (2015). "Imaging in Tuberculosis ". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine 5 (6): a017814–a017814. doi:. ISSN 2157-1422.
- ↑ Alkabab, Yosra; Enani, Mushira; Indarkiri, Nouf; Heysell, Scott (2018). "Performance of computed tomography versus chest radiography in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without diabetes at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ". Infection and Drug Resistance Volume 11: 37–43. doi:. ISSN 1178-6973.
