Underestimation of the incremental diagnostic yield of HIV-associated tuberculosis in studies of the Determine TB-LAM Ag urine assay

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1846-1848

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^b,d   Burton, Rosie ^e,f   Meintjes, Graeme ^c,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Town   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f Khayelitsha Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; SPUTUM SMEAR; TB LAM AG URINE ASSAY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SALIVA;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SALIVA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84904089859     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000305     Document Type: Letter

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