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Pulmonary tuberculosis in the elderly : diagnostic criteria and its epidemiology in old age homes
The majority of today's elderly people were primarily infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a time when no effective chemotherapeutic treatment was available. With the progressive decline in cell mediated immunity that accompanies aging, the potential to reactivate a dormant lesion, or to be r...
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Division of Geriatric Medicine
2017
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