Clinical and Radiographic Factors Do Not Accurately Diagnose Smear-Negative Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Inpatients in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Although World Health Organization guidelines recommend clinical judgment and chest radiography for diagnosing tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults with unexplained cough and negative sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli, the diagnostic performance of this approach is unknown. Therefore, w...

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Autores principales: Davis, J. Lucian, Worodria, William, Kisembo, Harriet, Metcalfe, John Z., Cattamanchi, Adithya, Kawooya, Michael, Kyeyune, Rachel, den Boon, Saskia, Powell, Krista, Okello, Richard, Yoo, Samuel, Huang, Laurence
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2845634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20361038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009859

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2845634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20361038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009859

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