Evaluation of Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test on pleural fluid in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in a high prevalence HIV/TB setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lusiba, John K ^a   Nakiyingi, Lydia ^a   Kirenga, Bruce J ^a   Kiragga, Agnes ^a   Lukande, Robert ^a   Nsereko, Maria ^a   Ssengooba, Willy ^a   Katamba, Achilles ^a   Worodria, William ^a   Joloba, Moses L ^a   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UGANDA; XPERT MTB RIF TEST; COINFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

ADULT; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 84904635995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102702     Document Type: Article

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