A review of pleural fluid TB culture at a large acute UK hospital

S. Babu, S. Gunatilake, N. Whitehead, M. Reichmann, A. Chauhan (Portsmouth, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis: diagnosis
Session: Tuberculosis: diagnosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2601
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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S. Babu, S. Gunatilake, N. Whitehead, M. Reichmann, A. Chauhan (Portsmouth, United Kingdom). A review of pleural fluid TB culture at a large acute UK hospital. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 2601

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