Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lucian Davis, J ^a,b,c   Worodria, William ^c   Kisembo, Harriet ^c   Metcalfe, John Z ^a,b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,b,c   Kawooya, Michael ^c   Kyeyune, Rachel ^c   den Boon, Saskia ^c   Powell, Krista ^b   Okello, Richard ^c   Yoo, Samuel ^c   Huang, Laurence ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UGANDA;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 84873397817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009859     Document Type: Article

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