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Characterising HIV-associated Mycobacterium tuberculosis blood stream infection
2018-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy roll-out, one-million people still die with HIV-infection annually. In high-burden settings, tuberculosis remains the most common proximal cause of hospital admission and death in people living with HIV. In post-mortem series, 90% of fatal HIV-associated tuberculosis is 'disseminated'. This is a form of tuberculosis which has been poorly characterised and, despite the...
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- 10.17638/03028670