Airflow obstruction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are common in pulmonary tuberculosis even without sequelae findings on chest X-ray.
Hye Jung ParkMin Kwang ByunJaeuk LeeChi Young KimSojung ShinYoulim KimChin Kook RheeKi Suck JungKwang Ha YooPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2023)
We need to educate TB patients that airway obstruction and COPD can easily develop, even if TB sequelae are not observed on CXR.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- lung function
- chronic kidney disease
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- air pollution
- electron microscopy