Concomitant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hospitalized Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia in a Tuberculosis Endemic Area: A Multi-center Retrospective Study

• Jia-Yih Feng,

  Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wen-Feng Fang,

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Chieh-Liang Wu,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chong-Jen Yu,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Meng-Chih Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Shih-Chi Ku,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chun Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research and Education, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chang-Wen Chen,

  Affiliation Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chih-Yen Tu,

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wei-Juin Su ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Juin Su, Kuang-Yao Yang

  Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kuang-Yao Yang

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Juin Su, Kuang-Yao Yang

  * E-mail: kyyang@vghtpe.gov.tw

  Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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