Does repeated pleural culture increase the diagnostic yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous pleural effusion in HIV-negative individuals?

BACKGROUND: Despite recent advances in methods for culturing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the diagnostic yield of tuberculous pleural effusion (TBPE) remains unsatisfactory. However, unlike repeated sputum cultures of pulmonary tuberculosis, little is known about the role of repeated pleural cu...

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Autores principales: Ko, Yousang, Song, Jinkyung, Lee, Suh-Young, Moon, Jin-Wook, Mo, Eun-Kyung, Park, Ji Young, Kim, Joo-Hee, Park, Sunghoon, Hwang, Yong Il, Jang, Seung Hun, Jhun, Byung Woo, Sim, Yun Su, Shin, Tae Rim, Kim, Dong-Gyu, Hong, Ji Young, Lee, Chang Youl, Lee, Myung Goo, Kim, Cheol-Hong, Hyun, In Gyu, Park, Yong Bum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181798

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