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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013
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| 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 |