Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: diagnostic tools
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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K. Kobayashi, S. Yano, T. Ikeda (Matsue, Japan). Interpretations of three sputum smear examinations at the first diagnosis in our hospital‘s tuberculosis patients. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 2647

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