Predictors for MTB Culture-Positivity among HIV-Infected Smear-Negative Presumptive Tuberculosis Patients in Uganda: Application of New Tuberculosis Diagnostic Technology

• Lydia Nakiyingi ,

  * E-mail: lydikiyingi@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Bareng A. S. Nonyane,

  Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Willy Ssengooba,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Bruce J. Kirenga,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Damalie Nakanjako,

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Gloria Lubega,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Pauline Byakika-Kibwika,

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Moses L. Joloba,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Jerry J. Ellner,

  Affiliation Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Susan E. Dorman,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Harriet Mayanja-Kizza,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Heath Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Yukari C. Manabe

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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