Source: International Congress 2015 – WHO guidelines in TB and clinical practice
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Coenraad Frederik Nicolaas Koegelenberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Coenraad Koegelenberg, Dewald Barnard, Johannes Bruwer, Dante Plekker, Andrew Whitelaw, Jacobus Deetlefs, Elvis Irusen. The utility of Xpert MTB/RIF performed on bronchial lavages obtained from patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 1530

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