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(Chest. 1971;60:540-542.)
© 1971 American College of Chest Physicians

Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Negative Findings on Chest X-ray Films: A Study of 40 Cases

Luverne Husen M.D.1; Lynn L. Fulkerson M.D., F.C.C.P.2; Eugene Del Vecchio B.S.3; Michael B. Zack M.D.1; and Emanuel Stein M.D., F.C.C.P.4

1 Department of Internal Medicine
2 Associate Chief, Department of Internal Medicine
3 Research Associate, Department of Pathology
4 Chief, Medical Education and Clinical Cardiology

Forty cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis with chest x-ray films read as negative are described. The diagnoses were made by positive sputa and gastric cultures using the acetylcysteine method of digestion. The public health implications are emphasized.




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