Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes.

Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes.

In Switzerland and other developed countries, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases has been decreasing for decades, but HIV-infected patients and migrants remain risk groups. The aim of this study was to compare characteristics of TB in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients diagnosed in Switzerlan...

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Main Authors: Lukas Fenner, Sebastien Gagneux, Jean-Paul Janssens, Jan Fehr, Matthias Cavassini, Matthias Hoffmann, Enos Bernasconi, Jacques Schrenzel, Thomas Bodmer, Erik C Böttger, Peter Helbling, Matthias Egger, Swiss HIV Cohort and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study Groups
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316631?pdf=render

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