Alternative sputum collection methods for diagnosis of childhood intrathoracic tuberculosis: a systematic literature review
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Archives of disease in childhoodAbstract
Diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis (ITB) is limited in children partly by their difficulty to produce sputum specimen.Publisher
BMJ JournalsPubMed ID
30127061Language
enDescription
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1468-2044ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/archdischild-2018-315453
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