The role and performance of chest X-ray for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: A cost-effective analysis in Nairobi, Kenya

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  van Cleeff, Maarten R A ^a   Kivihya Ndugga, Lydia E ^b   Meme, Helen ^b   Odhiambo, Joseph A ^b,c   Klatser, Paul R ^d  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KENYA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 29244471329     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-111     Document Type: Article

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