Progression of subclinical culture-positive tuberculosis to symptomatic disease in HIV-infected individuals

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2190-2191

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^a,c   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80055032741     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834cda4e     Document Type: Letter

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