Mycobacterium intracellularePleurisy Identified on Liquid Cultures of the Pleural Fluid and Pleural Biopsy

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

سال: 2013

ISSN: 1738-3536,2005-6184

DOI: 10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.124