UNCOMMON MANIFESTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT HOST
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چکیده
Tuberculous myocarditis is a very unusual manifestation of tuberculosis.Our case serves to highlight potentially life threating and rare presentation tuberculosis.We discuss here the epidemiology,clinical , diagnostic approach management myocardial tuberculosis.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of advanced research
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2707-7802', '2707-7810']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/15255