Impact of changing diagnostic criteria for smear-positive tuberculosis: a cohort study in Malawi

We assessed the impact on measured burden and outcomes of the revised World Health Organization and Malawi guidelines reclassifying people with single (including ‘scanty’) positive smears as smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases. In a retrospective cohort in rural Malawi, 567 (34%) of 1670 sme...

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Published in:Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
Main Authors: Koole, O., Munthali, L., Mhango, B., Mpunga, J., Glynn, J. R., Crampin, A. C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238259/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24902563
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.13.0811
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