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Autopsy Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Other Potentially Treatable Infections among Adults with Advanced HIV Enrolled in Out-Patient Care in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Early mortality among HIV-positive adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains high in resource-limited settings, with tuberculosis (TB) the leading cause of death. However, current methods to estimate TB-related deaths are inadequate and most autopsy studies do not adequately r...

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Autores principales: Karat, Aaron S., Omar, Tanvier, von Gottberg, Anne, Tlali, Mpho, Chihota, Violet N., Churchyard, Gavin J., Fielding, Katherine L., Johnson, Suzanne, Martinson, Neil A., McCarthy, Kerrigan, Wolter, Nicole, Wong, Emily B., Charalambous, Salome, Grant, Alison D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166158