Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults doc

... delay attributable to a clinical algorithm used for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPTB) in HIV-infected adults. Design. An algorithm was designed to facilitate clinico- radiological ... algorithms Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults P Saranchuk, A Boul...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... RES E A R C H A R T I C L E Open Access Evaluation of in- house PCR for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda Lydia Nakiyingi 1,2*† , David P Kateete 3† , Ponsiano ... medical ward at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. The emergency ward temporarily admits an d triages patients before transfer to specialize...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... by anti-TB medication was defined as; 1) a transaminase increase to >3 times the normal upper limit; and 2) any elevation of transaminase above basal levels in the presence of icteric hep- atitis. ... especially hepatitis and rash, is highest for pyrazinamide, and that this is associated with a female sex, an older age, birth in Asia, and HIV infection. Though we now disconti...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... these patients, airway fibrosis and inflammation may play important roles. TB infection is associated with airway bro- sis and the immune response to mycobacteria could cause air- way in ammation, ... spirometry. Two qualied radiologists evaluated CXRs independently using standard criteria for report- ing of radiological abnormalities (13). If there was disagreement about interpreta...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... Immunizations 10 How to do the Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria 11 Sick Child Recording Form 12-13 Generic Version 1: Treat diarrhoea, confirmed malaria, and fast breathing Caring for the ... (less than 7 days) in a malaria area  Fast breathing:  In a child age 2 months up to 12 months, 50 breaths or more per minute  In a child age 12 months up to 5 years...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 14:20

... need for installing and maintaining IR [15-17]. IR are still scarce and infec- tion control measures in health care facilities are at an early stage of development in most resource constrained countries, ... Fanning A, Yuan L, FitzGerald JM: Hospital ventilation and risk for tuberculous infection in canadian health care workers. Canadian Collaborative Group in Nosocomial Transm...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... ''Generating capacity reliability evaluation in interconnected systems using a frequency and duration approach, Part I: Mathematical analysis,'' IEEE Trans. on Power Apparatus & Systems, ... not an input node) and for each of them deletes all branches that connect it to main graph. These branches will be a minimum cutset if and only if each of contai...

Ngày tải lên: 03/01/2014, 19:35

... (CIDESD), Portugal. Authors’ contributions AIM participated in the acquisition and analysis of data and participated in drafting and editing the manuscript. MJR managed the data collection and analysis and ... web page of the organization. We used standard approaches to statistical analysis of data including frequencies and percentages for the categorical data, performed with the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... prevalent in India and continues to be a leading cause of death 1 . Its control programmes can achieve a high level of treatment success 2 and are associated with a decline in reported disease ... Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 116 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEST SYMPTOMS FOR DIAGNOSING PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN COMMUNITY SURVEYS P. G. Gopi, R. Su...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... with apron material and small group discussion. This program is a feasible program for other areas in Tanzania. Program evaluation Gallant and Maticka-Tydale compared reproductive health education ... collected data and FM and MI analyzed data. FM and SH and MI participated in reviewing and drafting the manuscript in all stages. All authors read and approved the final manuscript....

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