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Mortality in the first six months among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients empirically treated for tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Empirical treatment of tuberculosis (TB) may be necessary in patients with negative or no Xpert MTB/RIF results. In a context with access to Xpert, we assessed mortality in the 6 months after the initial TB consultation among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients who received empirical...

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Autores principales: Huerga, Helena, Ferlazzo, Gabriella, Wanjala, Stephen, Bastard, Mathieu, Bevilacqua, Paolo, Ardizzoni, Elisa, Sitienei, Joseph, Bonnet, Maryline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30744603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3775-z