Intensive Tuberculosis Screening for HIV-Infected Patients Starting ART in Durban, South Africa

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends cough as the trigger for tuberculosis (TB) screening in HIV-infected patients, with acid fast bacillus (AFB) smear as the initial diagnostic test. Our objective was to assess the yield and cost of a more intensive TB screening in HIV-infecte...

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Main Authors: Bassett, Ingrid V., Wang, Bingxia, Chetty, Senica, Giddy, Janet, Losina, Elena, Mazibuko, Matilda, Bearnot, Benjamin, Allen, Jenny, Tech, B, Walensky, Rochelle P., Freedberg, Kenneth A.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: 2010
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204934/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20735240
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/656282
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