Reading chest radiographs in children suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis screening of chest radiographs
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common causes of death by an infectious agent,1 with an estimated nine million new cases appearing every year. About one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial strain that causes the majority of cases. TB is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, where widespread poverty and malnutrition r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Residência Pediátrica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2236-6814
DOI: 10.25060/residpediatr-2017.v7s1-06