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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...
Autores principales: | Campos, Leandro Cruz, Rocha, Marcos Vinícius Vieira, Willers, Denise Maria Cunha, Silva, Denise Rossato |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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