Bacilli load in PTB- intestinal helminths co-infected and PTB non -infected patients at selected public health facilities in Jimma zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: comparative cross-sectional study
Melese Mekuria,
Gemeda Abebe,
Habtamu Hasen
et al.
Abstract:Background
Tuberculosis (TB) and intestinal helminths are diseases that pose a dual burden on public health in low-income countries. Previous studies have shown that helminths can affect the shedding of bacteria or the bacterial load in the sputum of active TB patients. However, there is limited information on bacterial load in TB patients with helminth infections.
Objective
This study aimed to compare bacterial load in helminths-infected and non-infected pulmonary tube… Show more
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