Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/Aids attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15369161 |
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| Authors | Bernard Ngowi (0000-0001-8738-7903, Haydom Lutheran Hospital, corresponding author), Bernard J Ngowi, Sayoki Mfinanga (0000-0001-9067-2684, National Institute for Medical Research), Sayoki G Mfinanga, Johan N Bruun (University Hospital of North Norway), Odd Mørkve (Haukeland University Hospital) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 341-341 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-8-341 |
| PMID | 18826574 |
| PMCID | PMC2566981 |
| OpenAlex | W1973026245 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
We found high prevalence of tuberculosis disease in this setting. Chest radiograph suggestive of tuberculosis and clinical symptoms of fever and cough were uncommon findings in HIV/tuberculosis coinfected patients. Tuberculosis can occur at any stage of CD4+T cells depletion
Biostatistics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Pathology · Public health · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Tuberculosis · Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis · Medicine · Nursing · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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