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Evaluation of the Burden of Unsuspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Co-Morbidity with Non-Communicable Diseases in Sputum Producing Adult Inpatients
BACKGROUND: A high burden of tuberculosis (TB) occurs in sub-Saharan African countries and many cases of active TB and drug-resistant TB remain undiagnosed. Tertiary care hospitals provide an opportunity to study TB co-morbidity with non-communicable and other communicable diseases (NCDs/CDs). We ev...
Autores principales: | Bates, Matthew, O’Grady, Justin, Mwaba, Peter, Chilukutu, Lophina, Mzyece, Judith, Cheelo, Busiku, Chilufya, Moses, Mukonda, Lukundo, Mumba, Maxwell, Tembo, John, Chomba, Mumba, Kapata, Nathan, Rachow, Andrea, Clowes, Petra, Maeurer, Markus, Hoelscher, Michael, Zumla, Alimuddin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040774 |
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