Clinico-radiological and bronchoscopic predictors of microbiological yield in sputum smear negative tuberculosis in Pakistan

T. Ejaz (Karachi, Pakistan), M. Malik (Rawalpindi, Pakistan), J. Ahmed (Rawalpindi, Pakistan), R. Azam (Rawalpindi, Pakistan), Y. Jamal (Rawalpindi, Pakistan), S. Saadia (Karachi, Pakistan)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Challenges and advances in the diagnosis and clinical management of tuberculosis

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