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SUBMITTER: Lee SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639057 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Seung Chul SC Yoon Soon Ho SH Goo Jin Mo JM Yim Jae Joon JJ Kim Chang Ki CK
Journal of Korean medical science 20171101 11
Close contacts with infectious tuberculosis (TB) are persons at high risk for developing active disease. We preliminarily introduced submillisievert chest computed tomography (CT) scan (effective dose, 0.19-0.25 millisievert) in a contact investigation of multi-drug resistant (MDR)-TB. Baseline CT scan showed minimal nodules or branching opacities in two of six contacts. A two-month follow-up examination revealed a radiologic progression in contact 1, subsequently having the microbiologic diagno ...[more]