J Korean Med Sci.  2015 Dec;30(12):1922-1923. 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.12.1922.

Letter to the editor: Respective Contribution of Liquid and Solid Media to Mycobacterial Yields from Pleural Fluid in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

• Kim CH
• Cha SI
• Lee J

• KMID: 2359982
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2015.30.12.1922

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Automation, Laboratory/*methods
Culture Media/*classification
Female
Humans
Male
Sputum/*microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pleural/*diagnosis
Culture Media

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