Active tuberculosis is still underdiagnosed: detection in 3.2% of all frozen sections

D. Theegarten, G. Stamatis, M. Toetsch (Essen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3132
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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D. Theegarten, G. Stamatis, M. Toetsch (Essen, Germany). Active tuberculosis is still underdiagnosed: detection in 3.2% of all frozen sections. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 3132

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