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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy, as a valuable diagnostic option in sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis: A prospective study
CONTEXT: World Health Organization recommends bacteriological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) by the detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in respiratory specimens. However about 40-60% of patients with PTB suspected clinically or radiologically may fail to produce sputum, or when it is...
Autores principales: | Quaiser, Saif, Agarwal, Anil, Khan, Ruhi, Haque, Shahzad F |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776825 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.106355 |
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