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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department detail findings in HIV/AIDS co-infection
December 23rd, 2008
"Low sensitivity of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) sputum smears and absence of productive cough are obstacles to the diagnosis Of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in hospitals that lack access to bronchoscopy. To evaluate induced sputum, gastric content, blood and urine specimens to improve PTB diagnosis In patients not diagnosed by expectorated sputum AFB smears," scientists in the United States report. "Patients admitted to the medical,wards of a large public hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, were prospectively enrolled if they had symptoms consistent with PTB, an abnormal chest radiograph, were treated empirically with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy or had no improvement oil...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-23)
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