Performance of serum c-reactive protein as a screening test for smear-negative tuberculosis in an ambulatory high HIV prevalence population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Douglas ^a   Badri, Motasim ^b   Maartens, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

BACILLI (CLASS);

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79251585957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015248     Document Type: Article

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