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

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 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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