Moderate to severe malnutrition in patients with tuberculosis is a risk factor associated with early death

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Zachariah, R ^a   Spielmann, M P ^a   Harries, A D ^b   Salaniponi, F M L ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Malawi; Malnutrition; Mortality; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036063995     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90103-3     Document Type: Article

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