Pathology, smear and culture in tuberculosis lymphadenitis

F. Soares Pires, F. Calvário, A. Carvalho, R. Duarte (Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Session: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3069
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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