Utility of urine as a clinical specimen for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background: Tuberculosis is a common cause of mortality and morbidity among people living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the increased prognosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected patients, diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) smear microscopy has a low sensitivity due to low bacterial load in a sputum...

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Main Authors: Alemu Chemeda, Tamrat Abebe, Gobena Ameni, Adane Worku, Adane Mihret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579418300871