Open AccessCauses of death in hospitalized adults with a premortem diagnosis of tuberculosis: an autopsy study
Author(s) -
Neil Martinson,
Alan Karstaedt,
François Venter,
Omar Touzani,
P Poon King,
Tumi Mbengo,
Elsé Marais,
James McIntyre,
Richard E. Chaisson,
Martin Hale
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e3282eea47f
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , autopsy , pneumonia , cause of death , mycobacterium tuberculosis , bacterial pneumonia , pneumonitis , aids related opportunistic infections , lung , pathology , immunology , sida , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease
To ascertain the immediate and underlying causes of death in adults who died in hospital with a premortem diagnosis of tuberculosis.