A Clinical Prediction Score Including Trial of Antibiotics and C-Reactive Protein to Improve the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Ambulatory People With HIV

BACKGROUND: The use of a “trial of antibiotics” as empiric therapy for bacterial pneumonia as a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis in people with HIV (PWH) was removed from World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in 2007, based on expert opinion. Current guidelines recommend antibiotics only a...

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Autores principales: Boyles, Tom H, Nduna, Matilda, Pitsi, Thalitha, Scott, Lesley, Fox, Matthew P, Maartens, Gary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz543

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz543

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