HIV-related tuberculosis: mortality risk in persons without vs. with culture-confirmed disease

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons is difficult, particularly in resource-limited settings. The relationship between TB culture status and mortality in HIV-positive persons treated for TB is unclear.METHODS: We evaluated HIV-positive adults...

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Veröffentlicht in:The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 2019-03, Vol.23 (3), p.306-314
Hauptverfasser: Crabtree-Ramírez, B., Jenkins, C., Jayathilake, K., Carriquiry, G., Veloso, V., Padgett, D., Gotuzzo, E., Cortes, C., Mejia, F., McGowan, C. C., Duda, S., Shepherd, B. E., Sterling, T. R., on behalf of the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology region of International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS
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