Chest CT scan as an initial diagnostic method for tuberculosis infection detected by mass screening.

Conclusions: Chest CT was not supported as an initial diagnostic method to rule out active TB in patients with a TB infection detected by mass screening in a country with an intermediate TB burden.
PMID: 32972119 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - September 22, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Joo DH, Lee HW, Yoon SY, Park TY, Heo EY, Kim DK, Chung HS, Lee JK Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research