Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study

BACKGROUND: The diagnostic accuracy of sputum smear microscopy and routine chest radiology for HIV-associated tuberculosis is poor, and culture-based diagnosis is slow, expensive, and is unavailable in most resource-limited settings. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a urine antigen test Determ...

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Autores principales: Lawn, Stephen D, Kerkhoff, Andrew D, Vogt, Monica, Wood, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22015305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70251-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22015305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70251-1

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