Diagnosing tuberculosis with urine lipoarabinomannan: Systematic review and meta-analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1398-1405

  Minion, J ^a,b,c   Leung, E ^a,b   Talbot, E ^d   Dheda, K ^e   Pai, M ^a,b   Menzies, D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Lipoarabinomannan; Tuberculosis; Urine

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80053449236     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025711     Document Type: Review

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