Tuberculosis in people newly diagnosed with HIV at a large HIV care and treatment center in Northwest Cameroon: Burden, comparative screening and diagnostic yields, and patient outcomes

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of tuberculosis in people living with HIV is challenging due to non-specific clinical presentations and inadequately sensitive diagnostic tests. The WHO recommends screening using a clinical algorithm followed by rapid diagnosis using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, and more informati...

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Autores principales: Mbu, Eyongetah Tabenyang, Sauter, Florian, Zoufaly, Alexander, Bronsvoort, Barend M. de C., Morgan, Kenton L., Noeske, Jürgen, Abena, Jean-Louis Foe, Sander, Melissa S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6019259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29944701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199634

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6019259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29944701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199634

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