Diagnostic accuracy, incremental yield and prognostic value of Determine TB-LAM for routine diagnostic testing for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients requiring acute hospital admission in South Africa: a prospective cohort

BACKGROUND: We previously reported that one-third of HIV-positive adults requiring medical admission to a South African district hospital had laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis (TB) and that almost two-thirds of cases could be rapidly diagnosed using Xpert MTB/RIF-testing of concentrated urine sample...

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Autores principales: Lawn, Stephen D., Kerkhoff, Andrew D., Burton, Rosie, Schutz, Charlotte, Boulle, Andrew, Vogt, Monica, Gupta-Wright, Ankur, Nicol, Mark P., Meintjes, Graeme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28320384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0822-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28320384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0822-8

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