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Yield of Two Consecutive Sputum Specimens for the Effective Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: From long instances, it is debatable whether three sputum specimens are required for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) or TB can be diagnosed effectively using two consecutive sputum specimens. This study was set out to evaluate the significance of examining multiple sputum sp...

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Autores principales: Islam, Mohammad R., Khatun, Razia, Uddin, Mohammad Khaja Mafij, Khan, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Rahman, Md. Toufiq, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Banu, Sayera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067678