Comparative performance characteristics of the urine lipoarabinomannan strip test and sputum smear microscopy in hospitalized HIV-infected patients with suspected tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zijenah, Lynn Sodai ^a   Kadzirange, Gerard ^a   Bandason, Tsitsi ^b   Chipiti, Maria Mary ^a   Gwambiwa, Bevel ^a   Makoga, Forget ^a   Chungu, Pauline ^a   Kaguru, Philip ^a   Dheda, Keertan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CD4 counts; Hospitalized HIV infected patients; Sputum smear microscopy; Urine LAM strip test

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE REAGENT STRIP TEST; ZIMBABWE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPUTUM; URINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84959112161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1339-z     Document Type: Article

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