Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Management of infection and tuberculous diseases II
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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S. Arpaz, S. Keskin, N. Sezgin, D. Budin, S. Ozkara (Aydin, Ankara, Turkey). Different directly observed treatment observers and smear and culture conversions in tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 3971

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