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Title
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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Mudd, Jeremy
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Brown University. Alpert Medical School
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Jaramillo, Livia
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Brown University
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Kwara, Esther
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University of Maryland
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Dale, Brandon
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Brown University
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Kwartent, Ernest
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University of Ghana. Medical School
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Baddoo, Nyonuku Baddoo
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University of Ghana. Medical School
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Forson, Audrey
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University of Ghana. Medical School
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Lartey, Margaret
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University of Ghana. Medical School
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Kwara, Awewura
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Brown University. Alpert Medical School
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2016
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eng
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Global Health
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.
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HIV (Viruses)
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Ghana
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10.26300/rg00-7h07