Comparing rates of mycobacterial clearance in sputum smear-negative and smear-positive adults living with HIV

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV (PLH) frequently presents as sputum smear-negative. However, clinical trials of TB in adults often use smear-positive individuals to ensure measurable bacterial responses following initiation of treatment, thereby excluding HIV-infect...

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Autores principales: Machowski, Edith E., Letutu, Matebogo, Lebina, Limakatso, Waja, Ziyaad, Msandiwa, Reginah, Milovanovic, Minja, Gordhan, Bhavna G., Otwombe, Kennedy, Friedrich, Sven O., Chaisson, Richard, Diacon, Andreas H., Kana, Bavesh, Martinson, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34022850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06133-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34022850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06133-4

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