Abstract:Background: Although tuberculosis is a known disease, still on occasion, the tuberculosis patients remain undiagnosed and hence not treated appropriately. In some cases, the patient is not able to give a proper sputum sample. In some other cases, expert laboratory technician to examine the patient's sputum smear is not available. Furthermore, and in most cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, invasive diagnostic procedures such as biopsy might be followed. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic… Show more
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