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Undetected tuberculosis at enrollment and after hospitalization in medical and oncology wards in Botswana
Cancer patients are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, especially in hospital settings with high TB/HIV burden. The study was implemented among adult patients admitted to the largest tertiary-level referral hospital in Botswana. We estimated the TB prevalence at admission and the rate of...
Autores principales: | Baik, Yeonsoo, Fane, Othusitse, Wang, Qiao, Modongo, Chawangwa, Caiphus, Cynthia, Grover, Surbhi, Zetola, Nicola M., Shin, Sanghyuk S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6623960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31295315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219678 |
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