Initial Presentations Predict Mortality in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients - A Prospective Observational Study

• Jia-Yih Feng,

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

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• Wei-Juin Su ,

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

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

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• Yu-Chi Chiu,

  Affiliation Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Shiang-Fen Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Yung-Yang Lin,

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Ruay-Ming Huang,

  Affiliation Hua-Lien Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Hua-Lien County, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Ching-Hsiung Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Jhi-Jhu Hwang,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Jen-Jyh Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Ming-Chih Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Kwok-Woon Yu,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Yu-Chin Lee

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

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