Open AccessChronic Cough in Primary Health Care Attendees, Harare, Zimbabwe: Diagnosis and Impact of HIV Infection
Author(s) -
Shungu Munyati,
T. Dhoba,
E. D. Makanza,
Stanley Mungofa,
Melanie Wellington,
Junior Mutsvangwa,
Lovemore Gwanzura,
James Hakim,
M. Nyakabau,
P. R. Mason,
Valerie J. Robertson,
S. Rusakaniko,
A Butterworth,
Elizabeth L. Corbett
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/429912
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic cough , tuberculosis , pneumonia , histoplasmosis , cohort , pediatrics , asthma , immunology , pathology
Cough lasting for > or = 3 weeks (i.e., chronic cough) indicates that a patient has suspected tuberculosis (TB). At the primary health care level, the spectrum of disease that causes chronic cough has not been previously investigated in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
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