High Yield of Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Among HIV-Infected Patients Using Xpert MTB/RIF Testing

OBJECTIVE: Conduct an active case finding study in Tbilisi, Georgia, for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS: Newly diagnosed HIV patients were assessed for symptoms and asked to submit sputum samples for smear microscopy, culture, and molecular diagnostic testin...

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Autores principales: Kempker, Russell R, Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, Kinkladze, Inga, Schechter, Marcos C, Harrington, Kristin, Rukhadze, Nino, Dzigua, Lela, Tserstvadze, Tengiz, del Rio, Carlos, Blumberg, Henry M, Tukvadze, Nestani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz233

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz233

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