Nutritional status of tuberculosis patients, a comparative cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Each year, more than 13.7 million people became an active case of tuberculosis and more than 1.5 million cases of TB patient will die. The association between TB and malnutrition is bi-directional, TB leads the patient to malnutrition, and malnutrition increases the risk of devel...

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Main Authors: Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Teferi Elfu Feleke, Fantahun Biadglegne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0953-0