Characteristics of patients co-infected with HIV at the time of inpatient tuberculosis treatment initiation in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a tertiary care hospital-based cross-sectional study
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- 作者：Ako A Agbor ; Jean Joel R Bigna ; Claudia S Plottel…
- 关键词：Tuberculosis ; AIDS ; HIV ; Cameroon ; Profile ; TB & HIV co ; infection ; Resource ; limited setting ; Co ; morbidities ; TB
- 刊名：Archives of Public Health
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：73
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,111 KB
- 刊物主题：Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：0778-7367
文摘
Background Knowledge of the characteristics of patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when TB treatment is initiated would allow clinicians to improve care and help policy-makers develop relevant and realistic guidelines. The aim of this study was to describe socio-demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of TB/HIV co-infected patients starting inpatient TB treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon.