Evaluation of Chest X-ray and Thoracic Computed Tomography in Patients with Suspected Tuberculosis

Durmus M. S., Yildiz I., Sutcu M., Bulut M., Varkal M. A., Ertem F. U., ...More

INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.83, no.5, pp.397-400, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 83 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12098-015-1949-2
  • Journal Name: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.397-400
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective To investigate if there is any correlation between positive findings detected by posterior-anterior (PA) chest radiograph and thoracic computerized tomography (CT) in cases with suspected lung tuberculosis (TB) due to positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results.