Urine antigen test for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis - Authors' reply

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 826-827

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^a,c   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MORTALITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NOTE; URINE;

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

EID: 84867916260     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70258-X     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Lawn SD, Edwards DJ, Kranzer K, Vogt M, Bekker LG, Wood R Urine lipoarabinomannan assay for tuberculosis screening before antiretroviral therapy diagnostic yield and association with immune reconstitution disease. AIDS 2009, 23:1875-1880.
2. Lawn SD, Kerkhoff AD, Vogt M, Wood R Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study. Lancet Infect Dis 2012, 12:201-209.
3. Lawn SD, Kerkhoff AD, Vogt M, Wood R Clinical significance of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) detection in urine using a low-cost point-of-care diagnostic assay for HIV-associated tuberculosis. AIDS 2012, 26:1635-1643.
4. Lawn SD Point-of-care detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis: a state of the art review. BMC Infect Dis 2012, 12:103.