Impact of HIV on admissions and deaths in a tuberculosis hospital - recommendations for admission and discharge criteria
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2003
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South African Medical Journal
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
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University of Cape Town
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Mortality and HIV prevalence rose concordantly at Brooklyn Chest Hospital from 1998 to 2001. Death and unconfirmed tuberculosis (TB) (15% of adult admissions in a sample from 2000) were associated with HIV seropositivity. Excluding unconfirmed TB and shortening length of stay would increase the number of patients able to benefit from hospitalisation.
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Thanassi, W., Post, F. A., Shean, K., Bekker, L. G., & Maartens, G. (2003). Impact of HIV on admissions and deaths in a tuberculosis hospital-recommendations for admission and discharge criteria: original article. South African Medical Journal, 93(6), p-463.