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. 2018 Apr 25;56(5):e02033-17.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02033-17. Print 2018 May.

Culturing Stools To Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Michel Drancourt  1
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Culturing Stools To Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Michel Drancourt. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: tuberculosis.

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