Microbiological validation of smear microscopy after sputum digestion with bleach; a step closer to a one-stop diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
- 31 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Tuberculosis
- Vol. 86 (1) , 34-40
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2005.06.003
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