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Impact of smoking on sputum culture conversion and pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil: a retrospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of smoking on pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) treatment outcomes and the two-month conversion rates for Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum cultures among patients with culture-confirmed PTB in an area with a moderate incidence of tuberculosis in Brazil. METHODS: This wa...

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Autores principales: Cailleaux-Cezar, Michelle, Loredo, Carla, Silva, José Roberto Lapa e, Conde, Marcus Barreto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29791542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562017000000161