Evaluation of the 2007 WHO Guideline to Improve the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Ambulatory HIV-Positive Adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Koole, Olivier ^a   Thai, Sopheak ^b   Khun, Kim Eam ^c   Pe, Reaksmey ^b   van Griensven, Johan ^a   Apers, Ludwig ^a   van den Ende, Jef ^a   Mao, Tan Eang ^c   Lynen, Lutgarde ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE   (Cambodia)

^c National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953737216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018502     Document Type: Article

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