Evaluation of the MycoDot(TM) test in patients with suspected tuberculosis in a field setting in Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-238

  Somi, G R ^a   O'Brien, R J ^b,d   Mfinanga, G S ^a   Ipuge, Y A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLP)   (Tanzania)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV; Serology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032588899     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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