Comparison of a clinical prediction rule and a LAM antigen-detection assay for the rapid diagnosis of TBM in a high HIV prevalence setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Patel, Vinod B ^a   Singh, Ravesh ^b   Connolly, Cathy ^c   Kasprowicz, Victoria ^b   Zumla, Allimudin ^d   Ndungu, Thumbi ^b   Dheda, Keertan ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 78650971772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015664     Document Type: Article

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