Pleural tuberculosis in a Tunisian serie:On what diagnostic tools we rely?

B. HASSENE (TUNIS, Tunisia), H. Besma (TUNIS, Tunisia), J. Sonia (tunis, Tunisia), K. Ikbel (tunis, Tunisia), L. Sabrine (tunis, Tunisia), A. Asma (tunis, Tunisia), R. Alaa (tunis, Tunisia), A. Jamel (tunis, Tunisia), H. Agnès (Tunis, Tunisia)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – From the bronchoscope to the clinic: paediatric bronchology at a glance
Session: From the bronchoscope to the clinic: paediatric bronchology at a glance
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3530
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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