Combining urine lipoarabinomannan with antibody detection as a simple non-sputum-based screening method for HIV-associated tuberculosis.

<h4>Background</h4>Simple methods for the accurate triaging and screening of HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed. We hypothesized that combining serum antibody with urine lipoarabinomannan (U-LAM) detection can improve the detection of HIV-associated TB.<h4>Methods...

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Main Authors: Hiba Younis, Isabell Kerschbaumer, Jee-Young Moon, Ryung S Kim, Caroline J Blanc, Tingting Chen, Robin Wood, Steven Lawn, Jacqueline M Achkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218606