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Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum after pulmonary tuberculosis cure

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with detectable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum is a major source of transmission. In resource limited TB endemic settings, cure is declared through sputum smear examination for acid fast bacilli without performing culture. This may lead to erroneous...

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Autores principales: Ambreen, Atiqa, Jamil, Muhammad, Rahman, Mohammad Aqeel ur, Mustafa, Tehmina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6822412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31666021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4561-7