Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 4 , Pages 269-277 , April 2010

Why is In-hospital Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Delayed in Southern Taiwan?

  • Chun-Yu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Chun-Yu Lin and Wei-Ru Lin contributed equally to this work.
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  • Wei-Ru Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Infection Control, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Chun-Yu Lin and Wei-Ru Lin contributed equally to this work.
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  • Tun-Chieh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Po-Liang Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Pei-Ming Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Zhong-Rong Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ming-Shyan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Cheng Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Hsu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yen-Hsu Chen, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 16 February 2009 ,Revised 8 June 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60052-6

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60052-6

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 4 , Pages 269-277 , April 2010

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