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Diagnostic value of the urine lipoarabinomannan assay in HIV-positive, ambulatory patients with CD4 below 200 cells/μl in 2 low-resource settings: A prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend the use of the lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LAM) in HIV-positive, ambulatory patients with signs and symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) only if they are seriously ill or have CD4 count ≤ 100 cells/μl. We assessed the diagnostic yield of including LA...

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Autores principales: Huerga, Helena, Mathabire Rucker, Sekai Chenai, Cossa, Loide, Bastard, Mathieu, Amoros, Isabel, Manhiça, Ivan, Mbendera, Kuzani, Telnov, Alex, Szumilin, Elisabeth, Sanchez-Padilla, Elisabeth, Molfino, Lucas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6490904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31039161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002792