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The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. Mycobacterium tuberculosis disseminates haematogenously from an active primary lung...

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Autores principales: Le Roux, Camilla E., Vlok, Sucari S.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936795
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2026