Longer hospital stay is associated with higher rates of tuberculosis-related morbidity and mortality within 12 months after discharge in a referral hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a problem in resource-limited settings. However, the degree of TB exposure and the intermediate- and long-term morbidity and mortality of hospital-associated TB is unclear. In this study we determined: 1) the nature, patterns and...

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Autores principales: Zetola, Nicola M, Macesic, Nenad, Modongo, Chawangwa, Shin, Sanghuk, Ncube, Ronald, Collman, Ronald G
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/PMC4223402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25047744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-409

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25047744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-409

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