Utility of urine as a clinical specimen for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a common cause of mortality and morbidity among people living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the increased prognosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected patients, diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) smear microscopy has a low sensitivity due to low bacterial load in a sputum...

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Autores principales: Chemeda, Alemu, Abebe, Tamrat, Ameni, Gobena, Worku, Adane, Mihret, Adane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6880017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100125

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6880017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100125

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