Pediatric pleural tuberculosis
Background: Pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is sometimes controversial because the microbiologic confirmation ratio is very low in pleural fluid. There are few pediatric pleural TB case series in the literature. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated our TB cases below 18 years of age and extract...
Main Authors: | Gulsum Iclal Bayhan, Fuat Sayir, Gonul Tanir, Oguz Tuncer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Mycobacteriology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2018;volume=7;issue=3;spage=261;epage=264;aulast=Bayhan |
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