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Association between the radiological presentation and elapsed time for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department of a university hospital.

Guilherme Seara MullerCarlo Sasso FaccinDenise Rossato SilvaPaulo de Tarso Roth Dalcin
Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2020)
There is a need for tuberculosis-specific protocols in emergency departments, not only to avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment but also to modify the transmission dynamics of the disease.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • emergency department
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • hepatitis c virus
  • hiv infected
  • antiretroviral therapy