Association between sputum conversion and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Non-conversion of sputum culture or smear within 2 months after the start of treatment is a known poor prognostic factor of pulmonary tuberculosis. In elderly patients, sputum conversion may be delayed because of the age-related decline in immune competence. This study aimed to assess ho...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Yuta, Yamasue, Mari, Komiya, Kosaku, Takikawa, Shuichi, Hiramatsu, Kazufumi, Kadota, Jun-ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07334-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07334-1

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