Rapid urine-based screening for tuberculosis to reduce AIDS-related mortality in hospitalized patients in Africa (the STAMP trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gupta Wright, Ankur ^a,b   Fielding, Katherine L ^a,c   Oosterhout, Joep J ^b,d   Wilson, Douglas K ^e   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Flach, Clare ^a   Reddy, Krishna P ^f,g   Walensky, Rochelle P ^f,g   Peters, Jurgens A ^a   Alufandika Moyo, Melanie ^d   Lawn, Stephen D ^a,h  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; HIV associated TB; LAM; Screening; TB; Xpert

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORTALITY; MTB RIF ASSAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID TEST; RAPID URINE BASED SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TB LAM LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ISONIAZID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALAWI; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84992418512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1837-z     Document Type: Article

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