TY - JOUR AU - Chung, Che-Liang AU - Chen, Yen-Fu AU - Lin, Yen-Ting AU - Wang, Jann-Yuan AU - Kuo, Shuenn-Wen AU - Chen, Jin-Shing PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/23 TI - Outcome of untreated lung nodules with histological but no microbiological evidence of tuberculosis JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 530 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The outcome of lung nodule(s) with histopathological findings suggestive of tuberculosis (TB) but lack of microbiologic confirmation remains unclear. Whether these patients require anti-TB treatment remains unknown. The aim of the study was to compare the risk of active TB within 4 years in untreated patients with histological findings but no microbiological evidences suggestive of TB. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3442-9 DO - 10.1186/s12879-018-3442-9 ID - Chung2018 ER -