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Razack R, Claasens S, Schubert PT, et al. Myth or mycobacterium? Negative image cytology revisited in a case of an atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021;49(9):1059-1062doi: 10.1002/dc.24820.
Razack, R., Claasens, S., Schubert, P. T., & van Zyl, A. (2021). Myth or mycobacterium? Negative image cytology revisited in a case of an atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection. Diagnostic cytopathology, 49(9), 1059-1062. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.24820
Razack, Rubina, et al. "Myth or mycobacterium? Negative image cytology revisited in a case of an atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection." Diagnostic cytopathology vol. 49,9 (2021): 1059-1062. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.24820
Razack R, Claasens S, Schubert PT, van Zyl A. Myth or mycobacterium? Negative image cytology revisited in a case of an atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Sep;49(9):1059-1062. doi: 10.1002/dc.24820. Epub 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34191403.
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Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Sep;49(9):1059-1062. doi: 10.1002/dc.24820. Epub 2021 Jun 30.

Myth or mycobacterium? Negative image cytology revisited in a case of an atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection.

Diagnostic cytopathology

Rubina Razack, Saskya Claasens, Pawel T Schubert, Adri van Zyl

Affiliations

  1. Division of Anatomical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
  2. Department of Dermatology, Tygerberg Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 34191403 DOI: 10.1002/dc.24820

[No abstract available.]

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