Diabetes Mellitus, Smoking Status, and Rate of Sputum Culture Conversion in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Cohort Study from the Country of Georgia

INTRODUCTION: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) but little is known about the effect of DM on culture conversion among patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. The primary aim was to estimate the association between DM and rate of TB sputum culture conversion. A...

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Autores principales: Magee, Matthew J., Kempker, Russell R., Kipiani, Maia, Tukvadze, Nestani, Howards, Penelope P., Narayan, K. M. Venkat, Blumberg, Henry M.
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/PMC3988137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094890

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094890

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