The role of bronchoalveolar lavage in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis with negative sputum

C. Lares dos Santos, J. Moura e Sá, R. Duarte (Coimbra, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Novel strategies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session: Novel strategies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4390
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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