Utility of urine as a clinical specimen for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background: Tuberculosis is a common cause of mortality and morbidity among people living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the increased prognosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected patients, diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) smear microscopy has a low sensitivity due to low bacterial load in a sputum...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579418300871 |