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

<h4>Background</h4>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 un...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
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
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009859&type=printable