A clinical score for identifying active tuberculosis while awaiting microbiological results: Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model in sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: In highly resource-limited settings, many clinics lack same-day microbiological testing for active tuberculosis (TB). In these contexts, risk of pretreatment loss to follow-up is high, and a simple, easy-to-use clinical risk score could be useful. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We analyzed data f...

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Autores principales: Baik, Yeonsoo, Rickman, Hannah M., Hanrahan, Colleen F., Mmolawa, Lesego, Kitonsa, Peter J., Sewelana, Tsundzukana, Nalutaaya, Annet, Kendall, Emily A., Lebina, Limakatso, Martinson, Neil, Katamba, Achilles, Dowdy, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33170838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003420

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33170838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003420

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