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Evaluation of treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting
BACKGROUND: Diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is challenging and many patients are initiated on empirical anti-TB treatment without a laboratory confirmed diagnosis. Monitoring treatment response is thus important to ensure correct diagnosis and proper disease management. The definition...
Autores principales: | Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen, Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma, Aßmus, Jörg, Marijani, Msafiri, Sviland, Lisbet, Mustafa, Tehmina |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31096926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4034-z |
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