Diagnostic accuracy, incremental yield and prognostic value of Determine TB-LAM for routine diagnostic testing for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients requiring acute hospital admission in South Africa: A prospective cohort

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b,c   Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^d   Burton, Rosie ^c,e,f   Schutz, Charlotte ^b,c,e   Boulle, Andrew ^c   Vogt, Monica ^b   Gupta Wright, Ankur ^a   Nicol, Mark P ^c,g   Meintjes, Graeme ^b,c,e,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

^f Khayelitsha Hospital   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Determine TB LAM; Diagnosis; HIV; Hospital; LAM; Lipoarabinomannan; Screening; Tuberculosis; Urine; Xpert

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HIV INFECTIONS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 85015711449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0822-8     Document Type: Article

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