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Infectious Diseases

Diagnostic yield of post-bronchoscopy sputum for diagnosing pauci-bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis

Joung Ha Parka Departments of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Kyung-Wook Job Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Tae Sun Shimb Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Sung-Han Kima Departments of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 576-580 | Received 15 Jan 2021, Accepted 21 Mar 2021, Published online: 08 May 2021

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