The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Dec 2007
Chest physiotherapy for collecting sputum samples from HIV-positive patients suspected of having tuberculosis.
A public referral hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ⋯ Physiotherapy shows promise as a technique for obtaining sputum from HIV-positive patients, and AFB testing of a single sample presents high sensitivity. However, this does not preclude the routine collection of three samples, as TB cannot be ruled out before the culture results are known.
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Dec 2007
TB presenting as community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of high TB incidence and high HIV prevalence.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB). ⋯ M. tuberculosis was the leading cause of CAP and reflects the worsening TB epidemic in the region. Aggressive intervention is required to address both the HIV and TB epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.