title: Increased risk of liver cirrhosis for tuberculosis infection: response to Shen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.|National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yen-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.|School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Cheng-Li
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.|Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*