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Deadly duo
An astonishing one-third of the world’s population is infected with the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In most people it remains inactive or latent but in about 10% of people an active case of TB disease will develop within their lifetime. Simple antibiotics can prevent and treat most of these cases, yet 8-10 million people develop an active TB infection an...
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From the Department of Oncology and International Outreach Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (S.C.H., C.-H.P.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine (S.C.H., D.P.J., C.-H.P.) — both in Memphis. Address reprint requests to Dr. Howard at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Barry-Longinotti Bld...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.905