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Int. j. tuberc. lung. dis
;
2001.
Artigo
em Inglês
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1263012
RESUMO
Setting : TB Treatment Center; Kampala; Uganda. Objective : To evaluate the impact of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection on the bacteriologic radiographic presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda; a nation with high rates of mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV infection. Design : To compare baseline characteristics among HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected adults with initial newly-diagonised episodes of culture-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis screened for participation in a randomised prospective TB treatment trial. Results : Negative and paucibacilliary (very scanty or scanty) sputum acid fast bacilli (AFB) smears were more frequent in HIV-infected patients presenting with pulmonary TB (p