Performance of Serum C-Reactive Protein as a Screening Test for Smear-Negative Tuberculosis in an Ambulatory High HIV Prevalence Population

BACKGROUND: Delayed diagnosis has contributed to the high mortality of sputum smear-negative tuberculosis (SNTB) in high HIV prevalence countries. New diagnostic strategies for SNTB are urgently needed. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a non-specific inflammatory protein that is usually elevated in patie...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Douglas, Badri, Motasim, Maartens, Gary
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3018418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015248

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3018418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015248

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