Development of a Simple Reliable Radiographic Scoring System to Aid the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pinto, Lancelot M ^a,b   Dheda, Keertan ^c   Theron, Grant ^c   Allwood, Brian ^c   Calligaro, Gregory ^c   van Zyl Smit, Richard ^c   Peter, Jonathan ^c   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a,b   Menzies, Dick ^a,b   Bateman, Eric ^c   Pai, Madhukar ^a,b   Dawson, Rodney ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEST RADIOGRAPH READING AND RECORDING SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84872557049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054235     Document Type: Article

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