Prevalence of national treatment algorithm defined smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV positive patients in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: In the Republic in Congo, the national algorithm for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) relies on Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) sputum smear microscopy, chest X-ray radiography (CXR) and clinical symptoms. Microscopy positive pulmonary TB (MPT+) is defined as symptoms of TB and a positive...

Descrizione completa

Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Linguissi, Laure Stella Ghoma, Mayengue, Pembe Issamou, Sidibé, Anissa, Vouvoungui, Jeannhey C, Missontsa, Mitawa, Madzou-Laboum, Igor Kevin, Essassa, Gaston Bango, Oyakhirome, Sunny, Frank, Matthias, Penlap, Veronique, Ntoumi, Francine
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2014
Soggetti:
Research Article
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167258/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25164493
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-578
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne! !

Documenti analoghi