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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...
Autores principales: | Magee, Matthew J., Kempker, Russell R., Kipiani, Maia, Tukvadze, Nestani, Howards, Penelope P., Narayan, K. M. Venkat, Blumberg, Henry M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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