High Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis but Low Sensitivity of Symptom Screening among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hoffmann, Christopher J ^a   Variava, Ebrahim ^b   Rakgokong, Modiehi ^b   Masonoke, Katlego ^b   van der Watt, Martin ^b   Chaisson, Richard E ^a   Martinson, Neil A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT SWEAT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM SCREENING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876218587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062211     Document Type: Article

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