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The value of one versus three sputum smear examinations for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Asella hospital, South-East Ethiopia

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to compare the value of a single with three sputum smear examinations in the detection of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. RESULTS: There were a total of 7012 patients studied out of which 3599 (51.3%) were males and the rest females. In 637 (9.1%) of the pat...

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Autor principal: Beyene, Fekadu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5588549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28877747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2797-0