Active screening of patients with diabetes mellitus for pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

End TB strategy by the WHO suggest active screening of high-risk populations for tuberculosis (TB) to improve case detection. Present study generates evidence for the effectiveness of screening patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) for Pulmonary TB (PTB). A study was conducted among 4548 systematical...

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Autores principales: Hewage, Sumudu, Somasundaram, Noel, Ratnasamy, Vithiya, Ranathunga, Ishara, Fernando, Amitha, Perera, Indika, Perera, Udara, Vidanagama, Dhammika, Cader, Mizaya, Fernando, Poorna, Pallewatte, Nirupa, Rathnayaka, Lakmal, Jayawardhana, Dushani, Danansuriya, Manjula, Gunawardena, Nalika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8031956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33831095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249787

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