Risk factors for tuberculosis smear non-conversion in Eden district, Western Cape, South Africa, 2007–2013: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major global health problem. While progress has been made to improve TB cure rates, South Africa’s 76 % smear-positive pulmonary TB (PTB) case cure rate remains below the WHO target of 85 %. We report on the trends of TB smear non-conversion and their...

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Autores principales: Mlotshwa, Mandla, Abraham, Natasha, Beery, Moira, Williams, Seymour, Smit, Sandra, Uys, Margot, Reddy, Carl, Medina-Marino, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1712-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1712-y

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