Incidence of Isolation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis from Blood Samples in Tuberculosis Patients in Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran

It is estimated that one third of the world's population is latently infected with tuberculosis (TB). The HIV epidemic fuels the TB epidemic by increasing the risk of reactivation of latent TB infection and by facilitating a more rapid progression of TB disease. Although the incidence of TB is...

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Main Authors: Mehrnaz Rasoolinejad, Neda Roosta, Pourya Heiydarpour, Banafshe Moradmand Badie, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Saman Mohaghegh Montazeri, Maryam Foroughi, Hamid Emadi Cochak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19361.pdf