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Aug 2026
Frailty and its multidimensional correlates among hospitalized older adults with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study
Background and objective Frailty is a clinically important geriatric syndrome that may increase vulnerability to adverse outcomes in older adults with chronic infectious diseases. Older adults with PTB often experience infection-related inflammation, nutritional depletion, functional decline, psychological distress, mu...
Huijuan Wang, Meng Hao, Bo-Fei Liu et al.
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