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• Chest · May 1999

  Multicenter Study

  The validity of medical history, classic symptoms, and chest radiographs in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis: derivation of a pulmonary tuberculosis prediction model.

  To improve the respiratory isolation policy for patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). ⋯ Improved interpretation of clinical and radiologic data available on patient admission could improve adequacy of respiratory isolation. A prediction model is proposed.

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