Rapid Diagnostic Algorithms as a Screening Tool for Tuberculosis: An Assessor Blinded Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ratzinger, Franz ^a   Bruckschwaiger, Harald ^b   Wischenbart, Martin ^c   Parschalk, Bernhard ^a   Fernandez Reyes, Delmiro ^d   Lagler, Heimo ^a   Indra, Alexandra ^e   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^a   Krishna, Sanjeev ^f   Ramharter, Michael ^a,g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EUROPE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84869756297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049658     Document Type: Article

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