Natural history of tuberculosis: Duration and fatality of untreated pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV negative patients: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tiemersma, Edine W ^a,b   van der Werf, Marieke J ^a,b   Borgdorff, Martien W ^c   Williams, Brian G ^d   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^e  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNTREATED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79953728493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017601     Document Type: Review

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