Chest x-ray findings in tuberculosis patients identified by passive and active case finding: A retrospective study
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comparison of chest x-ray findings of smear positive and smear negative patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
conclusions based on the results of this study, although radiographic findings are not diagnostic in ptb, they are helpful if the assessment associates with the view of clinical manifestations and sputum smears. patients and methods in this retrospective descriptive-analytical study, 376 patients who had been confirmed with ptb were referred to birjand health care center from 2001 to 2006. out ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2405-5794
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.01.003