Smears and cultures for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in an asymptomatic immigrant population

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization estimated in 2010 that 8.8 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases. About one-third of the world’s population is infected and 10% will develop active TB disease. While cultures remain the international gold standard for diagnosing TB disease, in many other low-i...

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Autores principales: Assael, Roberto, Cervantes, Joaquin, Barrera, Gerardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072976
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S48964

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072976
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S48964

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