Treatment outcome of HIV-associated tuberculosis in a resource-poor setting

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Ifebunandu, Ngozi A ^a   Ukwaja, Kingsley N ^b   Obi, Samuel N ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858737135     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110421     Document Type: Article

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