Diagnostic accuracy of the rapid urine lipoarabinomannan test for pulmonary tuberculosis among HIV-infected adults in Ghana-findings from the DETECT HIV-TB study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bjerrum, Stephanie ^a,b   Kenu, Ernest ^c   Lartey, Margaret ^c,d   Newman, Mercy Jemina ^d   Addo, Kennedy Kwasi ^e   Andersen, Aase Bengaard ^a   Johansen, Isik Somuncu ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; Ghana; HIV; Lipoarabinomannan; Tuberculosis; Urine

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID URINE LIPOARABINOMANNAN TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS RAPID TEST; URINALYSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84942626880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1151-1     Document Type: Article

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