A clinical score has utility in tuberculosis case-finding among patients with HIV: A feasibility study from Bissau
Background: Clinical scores are promising case-finding tools for tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected patients. The Bandim TBscore has been shown to increase the diagnostic yield among patients with presumed TB in general, but has not previously been tested among newly diagnosed HIV patients at high...
Main Authors: | Johanna Wøldike Aunsborg, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Sanne Jespersen, Frauke Rudolf, Candida Medina, Faustino Gomes Correira, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Christian Wejse |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220301314 |
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