The burden of tuberculosis in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis therapy at Livingstone hospital, Port Elizabeth
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) now ranks as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. Patients on dialysis are particularly vulnerable to TB infection due to immune dysfunction. Despite this, there is a paucity of incidence data on TB in dialysis patients in high burden set...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Health Sciences
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30984 |