The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1554-1560, June 2010

Endobronchial ultrasound increases the diagnostic yields of polymerase chain reaction and smear for pulmonary tuberculosis

Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 19 August 2009; received in revised form 22 November 2009; accepted 9 February 2010.

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 This project is supported by NSC 97-2314-B-182A-088-MY3, National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China.

 Disclosures: None

PII: S0022-5223(10)00163-7

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1554-1560, June 2010

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