Recovery of Mycobacterium lentiflavum from bronchial lavage during follow-up of an extrapulmonary tuberculosis patient

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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Mycobacteriology

سال: 2017

ISSN: 2212-5531

DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_58_17