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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...
Autores principales: | Chemeda, Alemu, Abebe, Tamrat, Ameni, Gobena, Worku, Adane, Mihret, Adane |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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