Diagnostic evaluation of urinary lipoarabinomannan at an Ethiopian tuberculosis centre

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-284

  Tessema, T A ^a   Hamasur, B ^a   Bjune, G ^a   Svenson, S ^a   Bjorvatn, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035061052     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655401300077306     Document Type: Article

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