Bates, M;
O'Grady, J;
Mwaba, P;
Chilukutu, L;
Mzyece, J;
Cheelo, B;
Chilufya, M;
... Zumla, A; + view all
(2012)
Evaluation of the burden of unsuspected pulmonary tuberculosis and co-morbidity with non-communicable diseases in sputum producing adult inpatients.
PLoS One
, 7
(7)
, Article e40774. 10.1371/journal.pone.0040774.
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Abstract
A high burden of tuberculosis (TB) occurs in sub-Saharan African countries and many cases of active TB and drug-resistant TB remain undiagnosed. Tertiary care hospitals provide an opportunity to study TB co-morbidity with non-communicable and other communicable diseases (NCDs/CDs). We evaluated the burden of undiagnosed pulmonary TB and multi-drug resistant TB in adult inpatients, regardless of their primary admission diagnosis, in a tertiary referral centre.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evaluation of the burden of unsuspected pulmonary tuberculosis and co-morbidity with non-communicable diseases in sputum producing adult inpatients. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0040774 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040774 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Bates et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC3407179 AZ, MH, JOG and MB acknowledge support from the European Union and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). AZ is supported by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), UBS Optimus Foundation, University College London Hospitals Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (UCLH-CBRC) and the UCL Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1357493 |
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