Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis
A 20-year-old Swiss male presented at the emergency department with acute onset of febrile temperatures and hemoptysis and a 3-month history of productive cough. An X-ray and CT scan of the chest, sputum samples for acid-fast bacilli, polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and cultures for Mycobacteria rev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2019-12-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1342 |