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Effect of malnutrition on radiographic findings and mycobacterial burden in pulmonary tuberculosis

DOIFull Paper Access

64

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21

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2019

Year

Kacie J. Hoyt, Sonali Sarkar, Laura F. White, Noyal Mariya Joseph, Padmini Salgame, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, Muthuraj Muthaiah, Saka Vinod Kumar, Jerrold J. Ellner, Gautam Roy,
PLoS ONE

Abstract

We found that malnutrition was associated with increased extent of disease and cavitation on CXR. These findings may reflect the immunomodulatory effect of malnutrition on pulmonary pathology.

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