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A breakthrough for the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis and pleuritis in less than 2 hours

Muhammad Saeed, Mobeen Ahmad, Shagufta Iram, Saba Riaz, Mehwish Akhtar and Maleeha Aslam
Saudi Medical Journal July 2017, 38 (7) 699-705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.7.17694
Muhammad Saeed
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Mobeen Ahmad
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Shagufta Iram
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Saba Riaz
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Mehwish Akhtar
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Maleeha Aslam
From the Department of Pathology (Saeed), Umar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Cardiac Surgery Department (Ahmad), Punjab Institute of Cardiology, the Department of Pathology (Iram, Akhtar), Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Riaz), Punjab University, and the Pathology Department (Aslam), Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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