Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
INTRODUCTION: World Health Organization had estimated 9.4 million tuberculosis cases on 2009, with 1.7 million of deaths as consequence of treatment and diagnosis failures. Improving diagnostic methods for the rapid and timely detection of tuberculosis patients is critical to control the disease. Th...
Main Authors: | José Mauricio Hernéndez Sarmiento, Natalia Builes Restrepo, Gloria Isabel Mejéa, Elsa Zapata, Mary Alejandra Restrepo, Jaime Robledo' |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Pan African Medical Journal
2014-06-01
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Series: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
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Online Access: |
https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/18/141/pdf/141.pdf
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