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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of laboratory-based c-reactive protein as a triage test for active pulmonary tuberculosis

INTRODUCTION: A highly sensitive triage test that captures most symptomatic patients at increased likelihood of having pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) would ‘rule-out’ lower-risk patients from expensive confirmatory testing. Although studies have assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a C-reactive protein...

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Autores principales: Samuels, Thomas H. A., Wyss, Romain, Ongarello, Stefano, Moore, David A. J., Schumacher, Samuel G., Denkinger, Claudia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34252128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254002