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Tuberculosis

Known as: tuberculous, Koch Disease, Disease, Koch's 
A chronic, recurrent infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) may affect almost any tissue or organ of the… 
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection
Abstract The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic has amplified the global burden of tuberculosis (TB), particularly in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
New drugs for rheumatoid arthritis [6] (multiple letters)
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Cerebral infarction in chronic meningitis: a comparison of tuberculous meningitis and cryptococcal meningitis.
Twenty-eight patients with cerebral infarction secondary to chronic meningitis were retrospectively identified at our institution… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Inhibition of endogenous TNF formation by pentoxifylline.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The new tuberculosis.
Events during the past decade have dramatically changed the nature and magnitude of the problem of tuberculosis. Much of what… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A synergism of plagues: "planned shrinkage," contagious housing destruction, and AIDS in the Bronx.
Review
1984
Review
1984
Tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteriosis, and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among Haitian and non-Haitian patients in south Florida.
To study the association between mycobacterial disease and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, we reviewed the records of all… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The ophthalmologic manifestations of sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy.
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
SPECIFIC SERUM AGGLUTINATION OF ERYTHROCYTES SENSITIZED WITH EXTRACTS OF TUBERCLE BACILLI
A hemagglutination reaction has been described between sheep erythrocytes treated with a component of a polysaccharide fraction… 
Review
1942
Review
1942
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD
CHILDHOOD. By Doroth) Stopford Price, M.D. 1 John W'right & Sons, Ltd., Bristol. Pp. 215. Price 17s. 6d. .\r ttie presenit timne… 
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