Comparative efficacy of BAL versus bronchial washing in smear-negative pulmonary TB

I. Sivokozov (Moscow, Russian Federation), Y. Chesalina (Moscow, Russian Federation), D. Dedushkin (Moscow, Russian Federation), E. Larionova (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Polyakova (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. Chernikh (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Challenges and advances in the diagnosis and clinical management of tuberculosis

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