Outcomes of a clinical diagnostic algorithm for management of ambulatory smear and Xpert MTB/Rif negative HIV infected patients with presumptive pulmonary TB in Uganda: a prospective study

Outcomes of a clinical diagnostic algorithm for management of ambulatory smear and Xpert MTB/Rif negative HIV infected patients with presumptive pulmonary TB in Uganda: a prospective study

INTRODUCTION: diagnostic guidelines for Tuberculosis (TB) in HIV infected patients previously relied on microscopy where the value of initial antibiotic treatment for exclusion of pulmonary TB (PTB) was limited. New guidelines rely on the Xpert MTB Rif test (Xpert). However, the value of the antibio...

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Main Authors: Simon Walusimbi, Fred Semitala, Freddie Bwanga, Melles Haile, Ayesha De Costa, Lucian Davis, Moses Joloba, Sven Hoffner, Moses Kamya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Pan African Medical Journal 2016-03-01
Series:The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects:
hiv
tb
outcomes
algorithm
strategy
smear-negative
xpert-negative
Online Access: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/23/154/pdf/154.pdf

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