Effect of malnutrition on radiographic findings and mycobacterial burden in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Effect of malnutrition on radiographic findings and mycobacterial burden in pulmonary tuberculosis.

BACKGROUND:The relationship between malnutrition and tuberculosis (TB) severity is understudied. We investigated the effect of malnutrition on radiographic findings and mycobacterial burden. METHODS:Subjects included newly diagnosed, smear-positive, culture-confirmed, pulmonary TB cases enrolled in...

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Main Authors: Kacie J Hoyt, Sonali Sarkar, Laura White, Noyal Mariya Joseph, Padmini Salgame, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, Muthuraj Muthaiah, Saka Vinod Kumar, Jerrold J Ellner, Gautam Roy, C Robert Horsburgh, Natasha S Hochberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214011

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