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[Experience in using serological tests in detecting tuberculosis in patients with severe mental pathology]

Iu Ia Fisher, A V Bienskii, I V Fedorova

    Problemy Tuberkuleza
    |January 1, 1996
    PubMed
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    Enzyme immunoassay screening identified 15% of severe mental disease patients with potential tuberculosis. Further examination revealed active respiratory tuberculosis in 4.4% of these patients.

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