Sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis: sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic algorithm docx
Sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis: sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic algorithm docx
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Sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis:
sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic algorithm
Hedwiga F Swai
1*
, Ferdinand M Mugusi
2
and Jessie K Mbwambo
3
Abstract
Background: ... diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is
complicated by the increased presence of sputum smear...
Tài liệu Diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in people with HIV infection or AIDS in resource-constrained settings: informing urgent policy changes docx
... development and validation, policy and clinical
practice should be modifi ed to improve the diagnosis and
management of smear- negative pulmonary tuberculosis.
Rapid diagnosis and treatment of smear- negative ... diagnosis of
smear- negative than smear- positive pulmonary tuberculosis
has been reported,
36
perhaps because the diagnostic
algorithm needs 11–3...
Evaluation of in-house PCR for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda doc
... were
PCR-positive. The sensitivity and specificity of in-house PCR for diagnosis of smear- negative PTB were 75%
(95% CI 62.6-85.0) and 35.9% (95% CI 27.2-45.3), respectively. The positive and negative predictive ... PCR assay for diagnosis of smear- negative TB using Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture as the
baseline test. Two hundred and five pulmonary TB (PTB) suspe...
Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults doc
... sensitivity and specificity of clinical algorithms
Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear- negative
pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults
P Saranchuk, A Boulle, K Hilderbrand, D ... accuracy of and reduction
in diagnostic delay attributable to a clinical algorithm used
for the diagnosis of smear- negative pulmonary tuberculosis
(SNPTB) in...
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of smear-negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis among adults and adolescents pdf
... have smear- negative pulmonary and
extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In the absence
of rapid, simple, and accurate diagnostic tools
for smear- negative pulmonary and extrapul-
monary tuberculosis, diagnostic ... diagnosis and treatment
of all cases of tuberculosis, including smear-
negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuber-
culosis.
The existing guidelines f...
Sputum cellularity in pulmonary tuberculosis: A comparative study between HIV-positive and -negative individuals pptx
... of cases (10
HIV-positive and 19 HIV -negative) , alveolar injury in 32
(80%) of cases (13 HIV-positive and 19 -negative) ,
interstitial lesion in 15 (37.5%) of cases (8 HIV-positive
and 7 -negative) , ... 10 (25%) of cases (4 HIV-
positive and 6 -negative) , pleural effusion in 9 (22, 5%) of
cases (3 HIV-positive and 6 -negative) , atelectasis in 4
(10%) of cases (...
Tài liệu Smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ppt
... positive and HIV negative patients.
Conclusion: Conversion rates of standard smear microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and culture did not differ
between HIV positive and HIV negative pulmonary ... [15].
Conclusion
Conversion rate of standard smear microscopy and
fluorescence microscopy did not differ between HIV
positive and HIV negative pulmonary tuberculosis
pat...
Natural History of Tuberculosis: Duration and Fatality of Untreated Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV Negative Patients: A Systematic Review pdf
... classified in old studies. Using the distinction of
pulmonary tuberculosis into sputum smear- positive (smear-
positive) and sputum smear- negative (smear- negative) cases,
the most common classification ... because of the poor sensitivity of sputum smear
and its dependence on factors such as the number of repeat
smears[14].Yet,itiswellestablished that many smea...
Tài liệu Clinical presentation and outcome of patients diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis in a large critical care unit docx
... presentation and the lack of sensitive
and rapid diagnostic tests. Considering the impact if
misdiagnosis and risk of transmission to health care
professionals, clinicians must maintain high level of ... morbidity
and mortality. It will be important to develop and utilize
novel, more sensitive and specic tests. Considering the
serious impact of missed or delayed dia...
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