To compare the diagnostic accuracy of acid fast bacilli smear results of induced sputum with broncho-alveolar lavage among pulmonary tuberculosis cases keeping acid fast bacilli culture as gold standard in a resource limited setting in non expectorating patients

Nausheen Saifullah (Karachi, Pakistan), Nausheen Saifullah, Naseem Ahmad, Saifullah Baig, Nadeem Rizvi

Source: International Congress 2016 – Microbiology: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and PCR

Session: Microbiology: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and PCR
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2774

Disease area: Respiratory infections

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