The burden of tuberculosis on critical care services is not well described, but is likely to be significant in TB endemic areas, with data from the study ICU indicating that 18% of patients admitted to the ICU with community acquired pneumonia had microbiologically proven TB [ 20 ].
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The utility of point-of-care urinary lipoarabinomannan testing for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study.
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