High Incidence of Tuberculosis, Low Sensitivity of Current Diagnostic Scheme and Prolonged Culture Positivity in Four Colombian Prisons. A Cohort Study: e80592

Objective To determine the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in inmates, factors associated with TB, and the time to sputum smear and culture conversion during TB treatment. Methods Prospective cohort study. All prisoners with respiratory symptoms (RS) of any duration were evaluated. After pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-11, Vol.8 (11)
Hauptverfasser:	Rueda, Zulma Vanessa, Lopez, Lucelly, Velez, Lazaro A, Marin, Diana, Giraldo, Margarita Rosa, Pulido, Henry, Orozco, Luis Carlos, Montes, Fernando, Arbelaez, Maria Patricia
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Mycobacterium
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