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The use of real-time polymerase chain reaction and an adenosine deaminase assay for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis remains a challenge, because the most widely used conventional diagnostic tools are unable to rapidly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid with sufficient sensitivity. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of...

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Autores principales: Molaudzi, Mulalo, Molepo, Julitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534914
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.731