Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 143-145 , March 1998

Tuberculous bronchoesophageal fistulae in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus: A case report and review

  • Samer Alkhuja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Samer Alkhuja, MD, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suite 3-J, Department of Medicine, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, The Brooklyn and Queens Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 88-25 153rd St., Jamaica, NY 11432.
    • ,
  • Albert Miller, MD, FACP, FCCP

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Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 143-145 , March 1998

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