Factors associated with atypical radiological findings of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Akihiko GotoKosaku KomiyaTakamasa KanKokoro HonjoSonoe UchidaShuichi TakikawaTetsuyuki YoshimatsuKiminori FujimotoTakeshi JohkohJun-Ichi Kadota

Published in: PloS one (2019)

A low CRP level and poor performance status were associated with non-cavity and non-upper predominant lung distribution, respectively, in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis patients with these characteristics may present unusual chest images.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
emergency department
hiv infected
drug induced