Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in TB and HIV endemic settings and the contribution of real time PCR for M. tuberculosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1210-1217

  Kibiki, Gibson S ^a   Mulder, Bert ^b   Van Der Ven, Andre J A M ^c   Sam, Noel ^a   Boeree, Martin J ^c   Van Der Zanden, Adri ^d   Dolmans, Wil M V ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branchoalveolar lavage; Human immunodeficiency virus tuberculosis co infection; Laboratory diagnosis; Real time PCR; Sensitivity; Smear negative

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; ENDEMISM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACILLI (CLASS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35448966223     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01907.x     Document Type: Article

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