Performance of the 2007 WHO Algorithm to Diagnose Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a HIV Prevalent Setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Huerga, Helena ^a   Varaine, Francis ^b   Okwaro, Eric ^b   Bastard, Mathieu ^a   Ardizzoni, Elisa ^b,c   Sitienei, Joseph ^d   Chakaya, Jeremiah ^e   Bonnet, Maryline ^a  

^a Clinical Research Department   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871303261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051336     Document Type: Article

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