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The prevalence and determinants of active tuberculosis among diabetes patients in Cape Town, South Africa, a high HIV/TB burden setting

AIMS: Studies addressing the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in sub–Saharan Africa are limited. We assessed the prevalence of active TB among DM patients at a primary care clinic, and identified risk factors for prevalent TB. METHODS: A cross–sectional study was cond...

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Autores principales: Berkowitz, Natacha, Okorie, Adaeze, Goliath, Rene, Levitt, Naomi, Wilkinson, Robert J., Oni, Tolu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Scientific Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29382589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2018.01.018