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Diagnosing sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: Does fibre-optic bronchoscopy play a significant role?
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challenging and time consuming with many patients being put on empirical anti-tubercular treatment. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy may provide a confirmative and early diagnosis in such patients. AIMS: To assess the...
Autores principales: | Altaf Bachh, Arshad, Gupta, Rahul, Haq, Inaamul, Varudkar, Hanumant Ganapati |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616936 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63607 |
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