Value of third sputum smear for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infected patients.

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Published in Infect Dis Rep on July 24, 2012

Authors

Majid Marjani1, Payam Tabarsi1, Parvaneh Baghaei1, Davoud Mansouri1, Mohammad Reza Masjedi1, Ali Akbar Velayati1

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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