Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis with invasive pulmonary sampling

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¹ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK; Department of Microbiology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: michael.riste@nhs.net.
² Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK.

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Michael Riste et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;18(1):25-26.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30713-2. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

¹ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK; Department of Microbiology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: michael.riste@nhs.net.
² Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK.

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