Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: Individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Getahun, Haileyesus ^a   Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya ^b   Heilig, Charles M ^c   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^d   Ayles, Helen ^d,e   Cain, Kevin P ^c   Grant, Alison D ^d   Churchyard, Gavin J ^f   Kimerling, Michael ^g   Shah, Sarita ^h   Lawn, Stephen D ^d,i   Wood, Robin ⁱ   Maartens, Gary ⁱ   Granich, Reuben ^a   Date, Anand A ^c   Varma, Jay K ^b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ZAMBART   (Zambia)

^f AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; SWEATING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COMORBIDITY; COUGH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEATING; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951622706     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000391     Document Type: Article

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