Tuberculosis (TB) out-patient clinic in a low prevalence country: a 5-year experience of a Northern Italian city

A. C. C. Carvalho, M. Manfrin, S. Capone, R. P. Gore, A. Scalvini, M. A. Forleo, C. Casalini, N. Saleri, G. Carosi, A. Matteelli (Brescia, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Clinical features in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis II
Session: Clinical features in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis II
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2562
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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