The effect of HIV and antiretroviral therapy on characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in northern Malawi: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: HIV infection reduces the likelihood that individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis are smear positive and that they have cavitatory disease. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) may shift the pattern of disease to be more similar to that of HIV negative patients. This would aid diagnosis- which o...

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Autores principales: Munthali, Lumbani, Khan, Palwasha Y, Mwaungulu, Nimrod J, Chilongo, Femia, Floyd, Sian, Kayange, Michael, Glynn, Judith R, French, Neil, Crampin, Amelia C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24568242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-107

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24568242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-107

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