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Prevalence, radio-clinical patterns and factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among children with severe acute malnutrition: A crossectional study in Uganda

2024-06-18

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> Although treatable, pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has a significant morbidity and mortality. Children with malnutrition are immune compromised, which increases the morbidity and mortality of PTB. This study was done to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Tuberculosis among children aged 6 to 59 months admitted with severe acute malnutrition (SAM)...

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Literature Corpus work: 304de23e-c3e7-5f95-aa9b-779e37ac7b20
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4503685/v1

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