Alveolar deposition of inhaled fine particulate matter increased risk of severity of pulmonary tuberculosis in the upper and middle lobes

Affiliations

• ¹ International PhD Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada - Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• ³ These authors contributed equally.
• ⁴ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ⁵ School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ⁶ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
• ⁷ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
• ⁸ Cell Physiology and Molecular Image Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ⁹ Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.