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Clinical Utility of CT-Based Bronchial Aspirate TB-PCR for the Rapid Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy is often required for rapid and confirmative diagnosis in patients with suspected pleural tuberculosis (PL-TB). However, this method is more invasive and costly than its alternatives. Therefore, we evaluated the clinical utility of the chest computed tomograp...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jaehee, Lee, So Yeon, Choi, Keum Ju, Lim, Jae Kwang, Yoo, Seung Soo, Lee, Shin Yup, Cha, Seung Ick, Park, Jae Yong, Kim, Chang Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265643
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.4.150

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