Feasibility of using Determine TB-LAM to diagnose tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients in programmatic conditions: a multisite study

• Main Authors: Sekai Chenai Mathabire Rucker (Author), Loide Cossa (Author), Rebecca E. Harrison (Author), James Mpunga (Author), Sheila Lobo (Author), Patrick Kisaka Kimupelenge (Author), Felix Mandar Kol'Ampwe (Author), Isabel Amoros Quiles (Author), Lucas Molfino (Author), Elisabeth Szumilin (Author), Oleksandr Telnov (Author), Zibusiso Ndlovu (Author), Helena Huerga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Determine TB-LAM is a urine-based point-of-care assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Objective: To assess the feasibility of using LAM to diagnose TB in adult HIV-positive patients in resource-limited settings. Methods: We performed a multi-centric mixed-methods cross-sectional desc...