A Prospective Study of the Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Bacteraemia in Bangladeshi Children with Severe Malnutrition and Pneumonia Including an Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

BACKGROUND: Severe malnutrition is a risk factor for pneumonia due to a wide range of pathogens but aetiological data are limited and the role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is uncertain. METHODS: We prospectively investigated severely malnourished young children (<5 years) with radiological pneum...

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Autores principales: Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Graham, Stephen M., Duke, Trevor, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, La Vincente, Sophie, Banu, Sayera, Raqib, Rubhana, Salam, Mohammed Abdus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093776

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093776

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