Practicing empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in suspected spinal tuberculosis (STB): Follow up of 33 cases from Sri Lanka, a limited resource setting with an intermediate disease burden

C. Wirasinghe, D. Yasaratne, D. Madegedara, K. Weerawardhana, P. Wijerathne, K. Nishantha, S. Nakandala, N. Dissanayake (Kandy, Sri Lanka)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and surgical interventions
Session: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and surgical interventions
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2679
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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