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Diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis based on clinical signs in the Republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPT) in resource-limited countries is often solely based on clinical signs, chest X-ray radiography and sputum smear microscopy. We investigated currently used methods for the routine diagnosis of S...

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Autores principales: Linguissi, Laure Stella Ghoma, Vouvoungui, Christevy Jeannhey, Poulain, Pierre, Essassa, Gaston Bango, Kwedi, Sylvie, Ntoumi, Francine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26683052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1774-8