Mycobacterial species causing pulmonary tuberculosis in a teaching hospital in Ghana

K. K. Addo, K. Owusu-Darko, D. K. Yeboah-Manu, M. N. Dan-Dzide, P. Caulley, M. Minamikawa, F. Bonsu, C. Leinhardt, P. Akpedonu, D. Ofori-Adjei (Legon-Accra, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis I
Session: Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis I
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2634
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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