How can gastro-intestinal tuberculosis diagnosis be improved? A prospective cohort study

How can gastro-intestinal tuberculosis diagnosis be improved? A prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Gastrointestinal tuberculosis (TB) is diagnostically challenging; therefore, many cases are treated presumptively. We aimed to describe features and outcomes of gastrointestinal TB, determine whether a clinical algorithm could distinguish TB from non-TB diagnoses, and calculate a...

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Main Authors: Christopher Lowbridge, Soraya A. M. Fadhil, Gayathri D. Krishnan, Emma Schimann, Raman Muthu Karuppan, Nagaraj Sriram, Giri Shan Rajahram, Jayaram Menon, Aatish Patel, Timothy William, Dawn Carmel Paul, Anna P. Ralph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Gastro-intestinal tuberculosis
Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
Cohort study
Diagnosis
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-04983-y

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