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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |