Automated chest-radiography as a triage for Xpert testing in resource-constrained settings: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy and costs

Molecular tests hold great potential for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but are costly, time consuming, and HIV-infected patients are often sputum scarce. Therefore, alternative approaches are needed. We evaluated automated digital chest radiography (ACR) as a rapid and cheap pre-screen test prior to...

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Autores principales: Philipsen, R. H. H. M., Sánchez, C. I., Maduskar, P., Melendez, J., Peters-Bax, L., Peter, J. G., Dawson, R., Theron, G., Dheda, K., van Ginneken, B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26212560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12215

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26212560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12215

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