Tuberculosis Transmission by Patients with Smear‐Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Large Cohort in The Netherlands
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- 1 November 2008
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (9) , 1135-1142
- https://doi.org/10.1086/591974
Abstract
Background. Sputum smear microscopy is commonly used for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). Although patients with sputum smear–negative TB are less infecKeywords
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