In Malawi, it has been the practice for several years to obtain sputum for smear microscopy of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) from all patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). We audited this practice, and determined in patients aged 315 years (i) the proportion of EPTB patients who had sputum sme
Candida in sputum of patients with tuberculosis
β Scribed by Viraginia M. Schwarting; C. E. Skinner
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1943
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 633 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-486X
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