Rapid diagnosis of new and relapse tuberculosis by quantification of a circulating antigen in HIV-infected adults in the Greater Houston metropolitan area

Rapid diagnosis of new and relapse tuberculosis by quantification of a circulating antigen in HIV-infected adults in the Greater Houston metropolitan area

Abstract Background HIV-associated immune defects inhibit tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, promote development of extrapulmonary TB and paucibacillary pulmonary TB cases with atypical radiographic features, and increase TB relapse rates. We therefore assessed the diagnostic performance of a novel assay...

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Main Authors: Jia Fan, Hedong Zhang, Duc T. Nguyen, Christopher J. Lyon, Charles D. Mitchell, Zhen Zhao, Edward A. Graviss, Ye Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
HIV
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Co-infection
Diagnosis
Blood test
CFP-10
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0952-z

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