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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...
Autores principales: | Ambreen, Atiqa, Jamil, Muhammad, Rahman, Mohammad Aqeel ur, Mustafa, Tehmina |
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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 |
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