Evaluation of the burden of unsuspected pulmonary tuberculosis and co-morbidity with non-communicable diseases in sputum producing adult inpatients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bates, Matthew ^a,b   O'Grady, Justin ^a,b   Mwaba, Peter ^b,c   Chilukutu, Lophina ^b   Mzyece, Judith ^b   Cheelo, Busiku ^b   Chilufya, Moses ^b   Mukonda, Lukundo ^b   Mumba, Maxwell ^b   Tembo, John ^b   Chomba, Mumba ^b   Kapata, Nathan ^b,c   Rachow, Andrea ^d   Clowes, Petra ^d   Maeurer, Markus ^e   Hoelscher, Michael ^d,f   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^d Mbeya Medical Research Programme (MMRP)   (Tanzania)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84864409083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040774     Document Type: Article

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