Urine lipoarabinomannan testing for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a prospective study

• मुख्य लेखकों: Prof. Mark P Nicol, PhD (लेखक), Veronica Allen, MSc (लेखक), Lesley Workman, MPH (लेखक), Washiefa Isaacs, MSc (लेखक), Jacinta Munro (लेखक), Sandra Pienaar, MSc (लेखक), Faye Black, MBBCh (लेखक), Layla Adonis, MSc (लेखक), Widaad Zemanay, PhD (लेखक), Yonas Ghebrekristos, BSc (लेखक), Prof. Heather J Zar, PhD (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: Urine tests for mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan might be useful for point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults with advanced HIV infection, but have not been assessed in children. We assessed the accuracy of urine lipoarabinomannan testing for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculos...