Urine antigen test for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 825-

  Peter, Jonathan G ^a   Theron, Grant ^a   Dheda, Keertan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867904727     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70220-7     Document Type: Letter

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