Sputum microscopy for the diagnosis of HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: In many resource poor settings only sputum microscopy is employed for the diagnosis of HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis; sputum culture may not be available. METHODS: We determined the diagnostic accuracy of sputum microscopy for active case finding of HIV-associated pulmonary tuber...

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Autores principales: Matee, Mecky, Mtei, Lillian, Lounasvaara, Tarja, Wieland-Alter, Wendy, Waddell, Richard, Lyimo, Johnson, Bakari, Muhammad, Pallangyo, Kisali, von Reyn, C Fordham
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18289392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-68

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18289392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-68

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