Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Low-Income Countries: Current Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Focus on HIV Infection or AIDS

Claude Mambo Muvunyi1,2 and Florence Masaisa1,3 1Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, Ghent, 2Department of Clinical Biology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Butare, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Butare, National University of Rwanda, Butare, 1Belgium 2,3Rwanda

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