Characteristics of tuberculous pleuritis in the last 13 years in our hospital in Alicante

N. Castejón, L. Hernández, C. Fernández, M. A. Moscardó, S. Romero (Alicante, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis
Session: Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3104
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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