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October 24, 2021BMC Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Gender differences among patients with drug resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Uganda: a countrywide retrospective cohort study

Joseph Baruch Baluku David Mukasa Felix Bongomin Anna Stadelmann Edwin Nuwagira Sabine Haller Kauthrah Ntabadde Stavia Turyahabwe

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Abstract

Mortality was higher among men than women with DRTB/HIV co-infection which could be explained by several sociodemographic and clinical differences.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8b18a8cb8f39931ae39a1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06801-5

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