The Incidence and Clinical Implication of Sputum with Positive Acid-Fast Bacilli Smear But Negative in Mycobacterial Culture in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in South Korea

Although it is not rare to find sputum that is positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear but subsequent culture fails to isolate mycobacteria in clinical practice, the incidence and clinical implication of those sputa from new patients has not been clearly elucidated. The aim of this study was to deter...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jae Seok, Kim, Eui-Chong, Joo, Sei Ick, Lee, Sang-Min, Yoo, Chul-Gyu, Kim, Young Whan, Han, Sung Koo, Shim, Young-Soo, Yim, Jae-Joon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2580011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.5.767

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2580011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.5.767

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