Impact of sputum smear-negative (AFB) TB results on clinical outcomes in TB/HIV co-infected patients at a teaching hospital in Ghana

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Year:: 2016
Contributor:: Mudd, Jeremy (author); Jaramillo, Livia (author); Kwara, Esther (author); Dale, Brandon (author); Kwartent, Ernest (author); Baddoo, Nyonuku Baddoo (author); Forson, Audrey (author); Lartey, Margaret (author); Kwara, Awewura (author)
Genre:: abstracts (summaries)
Subject:: HIV (Viruses) > Ghana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/rg00-7h07

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Abstract:: Tuberculosis (TB) causes death in 1 of 4 HIV-infected patients globally. Among TB/HIV-co-infected patients in Malawi, negative acid-fast bacilli (AFB) TB sputum smear results has been associated with higher death rates compared to patients with positive (AFB) TB smear tesst results. We hypothesized that negative B smear results may account for high TB mortality in HIV-infected patients in Ghana.
Notes:: Scholarly concentration: Global Health

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Mudd, Jeremy, Jaramillo, Livia, Kwara, Esther, et al., "Impact of sputum smear-negative (AFB) TB results on clinical outcomes in TB/HIV co-infected patients at a teaching hospital in Ghana" (2016). Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/rg00-7h07

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