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Predictors of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients in South Africa.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
September 2013
Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Tshepong Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Setting: In South Africa, the majority of tuberculosis (TB) patients are co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and delays in diagnosis and treatment likely exacerbate morbidity and mortality.
Objective: To determine predictors of delays in the diagnosis and treatment of hospitalised suspected pulmonary TB patients co-infected with HIV.
Design: Post-analysis of data collected in a three-centre prospective cohort of in-patients clinically diagnosed with active TB in three hospitals in South Africa between 2006 and 2009 during the first 24 h of admission.