Source: International Congress 2015 – Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and molecular microbiology
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Noemi Mengual Macenlle (A Coruña, Spain), Noemí Mengual Macenlle, Pilar Sanjuán López, Manuel Lorenzo López Reboiro, Antón Penas Truque, Lidia Méndez Marote, Luis Alejandro Pérez de Llano. Utility of PCR in bronchial aspirate samples for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2686

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