Validation of a clinical-radiographic score to assess the probability of pulmonary tuberculosis in suspect patients with negative sputum smears

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Soto, Alonso ^a   Solari, Lely ^b   Díaz, Javier ^c   Mantilla, Alberto ^a   Matthys, Francine ^b   van der Stuyft, Patrick ^b  

^a Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PERU; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM;

BACILLI (CLASS);

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79953721186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018486     Document Type: Article

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