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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |