Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review.

The advent of affordable, portable ultrasound devices has led to increasing interest in the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the detection of pulmonary TB (PTB). We undertook a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS for PTB. Five databases were searched for articles publish...

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Main Authors: Jacob Bigio, Mikashmi Kohli, Joel Shyam Klinton, Emily MacLean, Genevieve Gore, Peter M Small, Morten Ruhwald, Stefan Fabian Weber, Saurabh Jha, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251236