Primary Tubercular Chest Wall Abscess in a Young Immunocompetent Male

Chest wall tuberculosis is a rare entity especially in an immunocompetent patient. Infection may result from direct inoculation of the organisms or hematogenous spread from some underlying pathology. Infected lymph nodes may also transfer the bacilli through lymphatic route. Chest wall tuberculosis...

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Main Authors: Shweta Sharma, R. K. Mahajan, V. P. Myneedu, B. B. Sharma, Nandini Duggal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/357456
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