Predictors of delayed sputum culture conversion in tuberculosis patients

P. Caetano Mota, A. Carvalho, I. Valente, R. Braga, R. Duarte (Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Clinical tuberculosis
Session: Clinical tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2571
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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