GeneXpert in stool: Diagnostic yield in Intestinal Tuberculosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2405-5794
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100131