Measurement of exhaled nitric oxide as a potential screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Van Beek, S C ^a   Nhung, N V ^b   Sy, D N ^b   Sterk, P J ^c   Tiemersma, E W ^d,e   Cobelens, F G J ^d,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Exhaled nitric oxide; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651416171     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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