Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Diagnosing Tuberculous Pleurisy—A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

• Chieh-Mo Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chieh-Mo Lin, Shu-Min Lin

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Shu-Min Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chieh-Mo Lin, Shu-Min Lin

  * E-mail: smlin100@gmail.com

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Fu-Tsai Chung,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Horng-Chyuan Lin,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kang-Yun Lee,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chien-Da Huang,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chih-Hsi Kuo,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chien-Ying Liu,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chun-Hua Wang,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Han-Pin Kuo

  Affiliation Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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