Intensified Tuberculosis Case-Finding in HIV-Positive Adults Managed at Ethiopian Health Centers: Diagnostic Yield of Xpert MTB/RIF Compared with Smear Microscopy and Liquid Culture.
Balcha, Taye LU ; Sturegård, Erik LU ; Winqvist, Niclas LU ; Skogmar, Sten LU ; Reepalu, Anton LU
; Jemal, Zelalem Habtamu
; Tibesso, Gudeta
; Schön, Thomas
and Björkman, Per
LU
(2014)
In PLoS ONE
9(1).
- Abstract
- Detection of active tuberculosis (TB) before antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is important, but optimal diagnostic methods for use in resource-limited settings are lacking. We assessed the prevalence of TB, evaluated the diagnostic yield of Xpert MTB/RIF in comparison with smear microscopy and culture, and the impact of Xpert results on clinical management in HIV-positive adults eligible for ART at health centers in a region of Ethiopia.
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- Balcha, Taye
LU
; Sturegård, Erik
LU
; Winqvist, Niclas
LU
; Skogmar, Sten
LU
; Reepalu, Anton
LU
; Jemal, Zelalem Habtamu
; Tibesso, Gudeta
; Schön, Thomas
and Björkman, Per
LU
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- 2014
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
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- PLoS ONE
- volume
- 9
- issue
- 1
- article number
- e85478
- publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- external identifiers
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- pmid:24465572
- wos:000330283100042
- scopus:84899839132
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0085478
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- English
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