Rapid microbiological screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients on the first day of acute hospital admission by systematic testing of urine samples using Xpert MTB/RIF: a prospective cohort in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Autopsy studies of HIV/AIDS-related hospital deaths in sub-Saharan Africa reveal frequent failure of pre-mortem diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), which is found in 34–64 % of adult cadavers. We determined the overall prevalence and predictors of TB among consecutive unselected HIV-positive...

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Autores principales: Lawn, Stephen D., Kerkhoff, Andrew D., Burton, Rosie, Schutz, Charlotte, van Wyk, Gavin, Vogt, Monica, Pahlana, Pearl, Nicol, Mark P., Meintjes, Graeme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26275908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0432-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26275908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0432-2

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