Diagnostic Outcomes After Chest Radiograph Interpretation in Patients With Suspected Tuberculosis and Negative Sputum Smears in a High-Burden Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Setting

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of patients with suspected tuberculosis and negative sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) is challenging, especially in high human immunodeficiency virus coinfection settings where sputum smears have lower sensitivity for detecting AFB. METHODS: We examined the utility of...

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Autores principales: Cudahy, Patrick G. T., Dawson, Rodney, Allwood, Brian W., Maartens, Gary, Wilson, Douglas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx123

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