title: The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: A group of 300 patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis was studied to determine the role of peripheral features in establishing the diagnosis. Our findings suggest that, when evaluating a suggestive radiological lesion, little or no importance can be attached to the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, the Heaf test, or to the absence of symptoms.
mesh_terms: D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging