Chest Radiographs for Pediatric TB Diagnosis: Interrater Agreement and Utility

The chest radiograph (CXR) is considered a key diagnostic tool for pediatric tuberculosis (TB) in clinical management and endpoint determination in TB vaccine trials. We set out to compare interrater agreement for TB diagnosis in western Kenya. A pediatric pulmonologist and radiologist (experts), a...

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Main Authors: G. Kaguthi, V. Nduba, J. Nyokabi, F. Onchiri, R. Gie, M. Borgdorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/291841