Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

Although World Health Organization guidelines recommend clinical judgment and chest radiography for diagnosing tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults with unexplained cough and negative sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli, the diagnostic performance of this approach is unknown. Therefore, we sought to...

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Main Authors: J Lucian Davis, William Worodria, Harriet Kisembo, John Z Metcalfe, Adithya Cattamanchi, Michael Kawooya, Rachel Kyeyune, Saskia den Boon, Krista Powell, Richard Okello, Samuel Yoo, Laurence Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2845634?pdf=render

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