Tuberculosis caseload in children with severe acute malnutrition related with high hospital based mortality in Lusaka, Zambia

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children pose a major treatment and care challenge in high HIV burden countries in Africa. We investigated the prevalence of Tuberculosis notifications among hospitalised under-five children with severe acute malnutrition. A retrospecti...

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Autores principales: Munthali, Tendai, Chabala, Chishala, Chama, Elson, Mugode, Raider, Kapata, Nathan, Musonda, Patrick, Michelo, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28606173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2529-5