Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
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Trop. Med. Int. Health · Sep 2016
Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria among HIV-infected individuals in Ghana.
To assess the prevalence and clinical importance of previously unrecognised tuberculosis (TB) and isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among HIV-infected individuals in a teaching hospital in Ghana. ⋯ Intensified mycobacterial screening of HIV-infected individuals revealed a high burden of unrecognised pulmonary TB before ART initiation, which increased risk of death within six months. NTM were frequently isolated and associated with signs of poor clinical status but not with increased mortality.