Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies

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2011

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15279
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000391
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Authors
Getahun, Haileyesus
Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya
Heilig, Charles M
Corbett, Elizabeth L
Ayles, Helen
Cain, Kevin P
Grant, Alison D
Churchyard, Gavin J
Kimerling, Michael
Shah, Sarita
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PLOS Medicince

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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine
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Public Library of Science

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University of Cape Town

Department
Desmond Tutu HIV Centre
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Haileyesus Getahun and colleagues report the development of a simple, standardized tuberculosis (TB) screening rule for resource-constrained settings, to identify people living with HIV who need further investigation for TB disease.
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Keywords
Tuberculosis
HIV diagnosis and management
HIV clinical manifestations
HIV
Meta-analysis
Coughing
Tuberculosis diagnosis and management
Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Reference:

Getahun, H., Kittikraisak, W., Heilig, C. M., Corbett, E. L., Ayles, H., Cain, K. P., ... & Varma, J. K. (2010). Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies. PLoS medicine, 8(1), e1000391. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000391

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