Validation of a Clinical-Radiographic Score to Assess the Probability of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Suspect Patients with Negative Sputum Smears

BACKGROUND: Clinical suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis in which the sputum smears are negative for acid fast bacilli represent a diagnostic challenge in resource constrained settings. Our objective was to validate an existing clinical-radiographic score that assessed the probability of smear-negati...

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Autores principales: Soto, Alonso, Solari, Lely, Díaz, Javier, Mantilla, Alberto, Matthys, Francine, van der Stuyft, Patrick
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/PMC3071732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21483690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018486

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21483690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018486

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