Treatment delay and associated factors among adults with drug resistant tuberculosis at treatment initiating centers in the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
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Tuberculosis and HIV Co-infection among Patients on Tuberculosis Treatment at Fenote Selam District Hospital, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia
Introduction: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death for HIV-infected patients, and HIV is the most important risk factor for developing active TB. The risk of death from TB is significantly higher in the HIV-infected population. The interaction between TB HIV co-infected person is bidirectional and synergistic: HIV-1 infection predisposes to the development of active TB, and the course of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4112-2