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Examination of respiratory specimens improves microbiological diagnosis of patients with presumptive extrapulmonary tuberculosis
OBJECTIVES: Bacteriological confirmation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is challenging for several reasons: the paucibacillary nature of the sample; scarce resources, mainly in middle and low-income countries; the need for hospitalization; and unfavorable outcomes. We evaluated the diagnostic...
Autores principales: | Spener-Gomes, Renata, Costa, Allyson Guimarães, de Melo, Hilda Ferreira, de Souza, Alexandra Brito, Beraldi-Magalhães, Francisco, Jesus, Jaquelane Silva, Arriaga, María B., Kritski, Afrânio, Safe, Izabella, Andrade, Bruno B., Trajman, Anete, Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33722683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.022 |
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