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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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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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