Risk factors for negative sputum acid-fast bacilli smears in pulmonary tuberculosis: Results from Dakar, Senegal, a city with low HIV seroprevalence

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 330-336

  Samb, Badara ^a   Sow, P S ^b   Kony, S ^a   Maynart Badiane, M ^b   Diouf, G ^b   Cissokho, S ^b   Ba D ^b   Sane M ^c   Klotz, F ^c   Faye Niang, M A ^b   Mboup, S ^d   Ndoye, I ^e   Delaporte, E ^f   Hane, A A ^b   Samb, A ^b   Coulaud, J P ^g   Coll Seck, A M ^b   Larouze B ^a   Murray, J F ^h  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^c HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^e Institut dHygiene Sociale Dakar   (Senegal)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; HIV infection; Tuberculosis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032894332     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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