Rapid diagnosis of TB in HIV-positive inpatients with M. tuberculosis bacteraemia in sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1557-1559

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^c,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASSAY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84948984936     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0837     Document Type: Letter

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