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Misdiagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis as pulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care center in Uganda: a case series
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is based on a combination of clinical symptomatology, compatible chest imaging findings, evidence of Aspergillus infection and exclusion of alternative diagnosis, all occurring for more than 3 months. Recently, a rapid, highly sensitive...
Autores principales: | Kwizera, Richard, Katende, Andrew, Bongomin, Felix, Nakiyingi, Lydia, Kirenga, Bruce J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33781313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02721-9 |
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