Characteristics of Patients with Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) in a Region with High TB and HIV Prevalence

INTRODUCTION: Smear-negative pulmonary TB (SNPT) represents 30–60% of all pulmonary TB cases. The mortality of these patients can reach 25% in populations with high prevalence of HIV infection, and 10–20% of TB transmission at the population level are attributable to SNPT cases. METHODS: We conducte...

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Autores principales: Campos, Leandro Cruz, Rocha, Marcos Vinícius Vieira, Willers, Denise Maria Cunha, Silva, Denise Rossato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26808299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147933

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26808299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147933

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