Clinical significance of normal chest radiographs among HIV-seropositive patients with suspected tuberculosis in Uganda

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 836-841

  Yoo, Samuel D ^a,b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^b,c,d   Den Boon, Saskia ^b   Worodria, William ^a,b   Kisembo, Harriet ^a   Huang, Laurence ^b,c,d   Davis, J Lucian ^b,c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MU UCSF Research Collaboration   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Critical care medicine; Immunodeficiency; Radiology and other imaging; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 79959893939     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01981.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Post FA, Wood R, Pillay GP. Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infection: radiographic appearance is related to CD4+ T-lymphocyte count. Tuber. Lung Dis. 1995; 76: 518-21.
2. Shah NS, Anh MH, Thuy TT et al. Population-based chest x-ray screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV/AIDS, An Giang, Vietnam. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2008; 12: 404-10.
3. Geng E, Kreiswirth B, Burzynski J et al. Clinical and radiographic correlates of primary and reactivation tuberculosis: a molecular epidemiology study. JAMA 2005; 293: 2740-5. (Pubitemid 40965086)
4. Perlman DC, el-Sadr WM, Nelson ET et al. Variation of chest radiographic patterns in pulmonary tuberculosis by degree of human immunodeficiency virus-related immunosuppression. Clin. Infect. Dis. 1997; 25: 242-6.
5. Jones BE, Young SM, Antoniskis D et al. Relationship of the manifestations of tuberculosis to CD4 cell counts in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1993; 148: 1292-7.
6. Greenberg SD, Frager D, Suster B et al. Active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with AIDS: spectrum of radiographic findings (including a normal appearance). Radiology 1994; 193: 115-19. (Pubitemid 24298009)
7. Long R, Maycher B, Scalcini M et al. The chest roentgenogram in pulmonary tuberculosis patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Chest 1991; 99: 123-7.
8. Mitchell DM, McCarty M, Fleming J et al. Bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with AIDS. Thorax 1992; 47: 726-9.
9. Huang L, Stansell J, Osmond D et al. Performance of an algorithm to detect Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in symptomatic HIV-infected persons. Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection Study Group. Chest 1999; 115: 1025-32. (Pubitemid 29193673)
10. Keating JJ, Rogers T, Petrou M et al. Management of pulmonary aspergillosis in AIDS: an emerging clinical problem. J. Clin. Pathol. 1994; 47: 805-9.
11. Friedman EP, Miller RF, Severn A et al. Cryptococcal pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clin. Radiol. 1995; 50: 756-60.
12. Palmieri F, Girardi E, Pellicelli AM et al. Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients presenting with normal chest radiograph and negative sputum smear. Infection 2002; 30: 68-74. (Pubitemid 34293369)
13. Hopewell PC, Pai M, Maher D et al. International standards for tuberculosis care. Lancet Infect. Dis. 2006; 6: 710-25.
14. Kent PT, Kubica GP. Public Health Mycobacteriology: A Guide for the Level III Laboratory. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1985.
15. Miller WT, MacGregor RR. Tuberculosis: frequency of unusual radiographic findings. AJR Am. J. Roentgenol. 1978; 130: 867-75.
16. Woodring JH, Vandiviere HM, Fried AM et al. Update: the radiographic features of pulmonary tuberculosis. AJR Am. J. Roentgenol. 1986; 146: 497-506.
17. Barnes PF, Verdegem TD, Vachon LA et al. Chest roentgenogram in pulmonary tuberculosis. New data on an old test. Chest 1988; 94: 316-20.
18. FitzGerald JM, Grzybowski S, Allen EA. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on tuberculosis and its control. Chest 1991; 100: 191-200.
19. Marciniuk DD, McNab BD, Martin WT et al. Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with a normal chest radiograph. Chest 1999; 115: 445-52. (Pubitemid 29083055)
20. Day JH, Charalambous S, Fielding KL et al. Screening for tuberculosis prior to isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected gold miners in South Africa. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2006; 10: 523-9.
21. Kivihya-Ndugga LE, van Cleeff MR, Ng'ang'a LW et al. Sex-specific performance of routine TB diagnostic tests. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2005; 9: 294-300.
22. Koppaka R, Bock N. How reliable is chest radiography? In: Frieden T (ed.) Toman's Tuberculosis. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2004; 59.
23. Davis JL, Worodria W, Kisembo H et al. Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: a cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 2010; 5: e9859.
24. Balloul E, Couderc LJ, Molina JM et al. [Pulmonary cryptococcosis during HIV infection. 15 cases]. Rev. Mal. Respir. 1997; 14: 365-70.
25. Brechot JM, Dore MF, Capron F et al. [Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients. Aspects of clinical evolution in 37 cases]. Rev. Pneumol. Clin. 1989; 45: 114-17.
26. Opravil M, Marincek B, Fuchs WA et al. Shortcomings of chest radiography in detecting Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 1994; 7: 39-45.
27. Richards PJ, Riddell L, Reznek RH et al. High resolution computed tomography in HIV patients with suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and a normal chest radiograph. Clin. Radiol. 1996; 51: 689-93.
28. Goodman PC. Pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J. Thorac. Imaging 1990; 5: 38-45. (Pubitemid 20320096)
29. Pepper T, Joseph P, Mwenya C et al. Normal chest radiography in pulmonary tuberculosis: implications for obtaining respiratory specimen cultures. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2008; 12: 397-403.