Author:
Vittor Amy Y.,Garland Joseph M.,Schlossberg David
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Virology
Reference73 articles.
1. •• World Health Organization: Global Tuberculosis Control 2010. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241564069_eng.pdf . Accessed March 18, 2011. This is the most recent report on the burden of global tuberculosis, targets for control, and implementation of a plan.
2. Anandaiah A, Dheda K, Keane J, et al. Novel developments in the epidemic of HIV and TB co-infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Dec 22, 2010 [epub ahead of print]
3. • Bakari M, Arbeit RD, Mtei L, et al. Basis for treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania: the role of chest x-ray and sputum culture. BMC Infect Dis. 2008;8:32. The authors showed that a substantial number of asymptomatic HIV patients had chest radiographs or sputum cultures positive for tuberculosis and advocate for the comprehensive evaluation of asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV patients.
4. • Monkongdee P, McCarthy KD, Cain KP, et al. Yield of acid-fast smear and mycobacterial culture for tuberculosis diagnosis in people with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009;180(9):903–8. The authors show that a third sputum smear adds little over two smears to the diagnosis of TB, and that broth-based culture methods perform well.
5. Ansari NA, Kombe AH, Kenyon TA, et al. Pathology and causes of death in a group of 128 predominantly HIV-positive patients in Botswana, 1997–1998. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002;6(1):55–63.
Cited by
6 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献