Tuberculosis in Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Lower Income Countries: Availability and Use of Diagnostics and Screening

OBJECTIVES: In resource-constrained settings, tuberculosis (TB) is a common opportunistic infection and cause of death in HIV-infected persons. TB may be present at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but it is often under-diagnosed. We describe approaches to TB diagnosis and screening of TB...

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Autores principales: Fenner, Lukas, Ballif, Marie, Graber, Claire, Nhandu, Venerandah, Dusingize, Jean Claude, Cortes, Claudia P., Carriquiry, Gabriela, Anastos, Kathryn, Garone, Daniela, Jong, Eefje, Gnokoro, Joachim Charles, Sued, Omar, Ajayi, Samuel, Diero, Lameck, Wools-Kaloustian, Kara, Kiertiburanakul, Sasisopin, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Lewden, Charlotte, Durier, Nicolas, Sterling, Timothy R., Egger, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24147059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077697

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