title: The medical treatment of a tuberculous tracheo-oesophageal fistula.
abstract: Tracheo-oesophageal (TE) fistulas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare and usually require both surgical treatment and medical treatment with antituberculosis drugs. A patient with a tuberculous TE fistula and mediastinal lymphadenitis was successfully treated by medical management alone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents