High Incidence of Tuberculosis, Low Sensitivity of Current Diagnostic Scheme and Prolonged Culture Positivity in Four Colombian Prisons. A Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in inmates, factors associated with TB, and the time to sputum smear and culture conversion during TB treatment. METHODS: Prospective cohort study. All prisoners with respiratory symptoms (RS) of any duration were evaluated. After...

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Autores principales: Rueda, Zulma Vanessa, López, Lucelly, Vélez, Lázaro A., Marín, Diana, Giraldo, Margarita Rosa, Pulido, Henry, Orozco, Luis Carlos, Montes, Fernando, Arbeláez, María Patricia
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/PMC3836852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080592

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080592

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