Performance of urine lipoarabinomannan assays for paediatric tuberculosis in Tanzania

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 761-770

  Kroidl, Inge ^a,c   Clowes, Petra ^c   Reither, Klaus ^d,e   Mtafya, Bariki ^c   Rojas Ponce, Gabriel ^c   Ntinginya, Elias N ^c   Kalomo, Mariam ^f   Minja, Lilian T ^c,d,e,g   Kowuor, Dickens ^c   Saathoff, Elmar ^a,b   Kroidl, Arne ^a,b,c   Heinrich, Norbert ^a,b   Maboko, Leonard ^c   Bates, Matthew ^h,i,j   O'Grady, Justin ^h,i,j   Zumla, Alimuddin ^h,i,j   Hoelscher, Michael ^a,b,c   Rachow, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b German Centre for Infection Research   (Germany)

^c National Institute for Medical Research Mbeya Medical Research Centre   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Mbeya Referral Hospital Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^g IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIAN; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84942811235     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003315     Document Type: Article

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