Performance of Clinical Algorithms for Smear-Negative Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Persons in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) disease diagnosis in Vietnam relies on symptom screening, chest radiography (CXR), and acid fast bacilli (AFB) sputum smear which have a poor sensitivity in HIV patients. We evaluated the performance of clinical algorithms in screening and diagnosing AFB smear-negative...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Duc T. M., Nguyen, Hung Q., Beasley, R. Palmer, Ford, Charles E., Hwang, Lu-Yu, Graviss, Edward A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/360852

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