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High Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Serious Bloodstream Infections in Ambulatory Individuals Presenting for Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) and serious bloodstream infections (BSI) may contribute to the high early mortality observed among patients qualifying for antiretroviral therapy (ART) with unexplained weight loss, chronic fever or chronic diarrhea. METHODS AND FINDINGS: A prospective cohort study dete...

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Autores principales:	Bedell, Richard A., Anderson, Suzanne T. B., van Lettow, Monique, Åkesson, Ann, Corbett, Elizabeth L., Kumwenda, Moses, Chan, Adrienne K., Heyderman, Robert S., Zachariah, Rony, Harries, Anthony D., Ramsay, Andrew R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039347

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