High sensitivity of chest radiograph reading by clinical officers in a tuberculosis prevalence survey

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1308-1314

  Van't Hoog, Anna H ^a,b   Meme, H K ^c   Van Deutekom, H ^d   Mithika, A M ^a   Olunga, C ^a   Onyino, F ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Inter reader agreement; Kenya; Tuberculosis prevalence survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KENYA; MASS CHEST X-RAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80053208907     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0004     Document Type: Article

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