HIV and tuberculosis in rural sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort study with two year follow-up

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Kelly, P M ^a,b,d   Cumming, R G ^a   Kaldor, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b St John's Hospital   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cure; Disease relapse; HIV; Malawi; Mortality; Sub Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032809982     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90025-1     Document Type: Article

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