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Fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite its low sensitivity, microscopy remains the main method for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in most laboratories in Ethiopia. Few studies have evaluated the performance of light-emitting diode fluorescent microscopy (LED-FM) in bleach-concentrated smear-negative sputum sp...
Autores principales: | Abebe, Gemeda, Aragaw, Dossegnaw, Tadesse, Mulualem |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102163 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.810 |
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