title: Reasons for high mortality rates in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis needing mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. akarakas@gata.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit and Non Invasive Ventilatory Unit, Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary