Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing and Sequencing Combined with Acid-Fast Staining in Needle Biopsy Lung Tissues for the Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

• Faming Jiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faming Jiang, Weiwei Huang, Ye Wang

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Weiwei Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faming Jiang, Weiwei Huang, Ye Wang

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Ye Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faming Jiang, Weiwei Huang, Ye Wang

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Panwen Tian ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Xuerong Chen ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Zongan Liang

  * E-mail: liangza@scu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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