Outcomes of a clinical diagnostic algorithm for management of ambulatory smear and Xpert MTB/Rif negative HIV infected patients with presumptive pulmonary TB in Uganda: a prospective study

INTRODUCTION: Diagnostic guidelines for Tuberculosis (TB) in HIV infected patients previously relied on microscopy where the value of initial antibiotic treatment for exclusion of pulmonary TB (PTB) was limited. New guidelines rely on the Xpert MTB Rif test (Xpert). However, the value of the antibio...

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Autores principales: Walusimbi, Simon, Semitala, Fred, Bwanga, Freddie, Haile, Melles, De Costa, Ayesha, Davis, Lucian, Joloba, Moses, Hoffner, Sven, Kamya, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303572
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.154.7995

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303572
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.154.7995

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