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Performance indicators of fluorescence microscopy for sputum samples in pulmonary tuberculosis

N Selvakumar1, A Syam Sunder1, M Gomathi Sekar1

  • 1National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (ICMR), Mayor Sathiyamurthy Road, Chennai 600031, India.

International Journal of Mycobacteriology
|January 21, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Fluorescence microscopyLaboratory indicatorsMycobacterium tuberculosisSmearSputum

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