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Detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine is an independent predictor of mortality risk in patients receiving treatment for HIV-associated tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Simple immune capture assays that detect mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen in urine are promising new tools for the diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis (HIV-TB). In addition, however, recent prospective cohort studies of patients with HIV-TB have demonstrated association...

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Published in:BMC Med
Main Authors: Gupta-Wright, Ankur, Peters, Jurgens A., Flach, Clare, Lawn, Stephen D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804532/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007773
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0603-9
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