Browsing Research Articles by Subject "Active TB"

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Use of symptom screening and sputum microscopy testing for active tuberculosis case detection among HIV-infected patients in real-world clinical practice in Uganda

Roy, Monika; Muyindike, Winnie; Vijayan, Tara; Kanyesigye, Michael; Bwana, Mwebesa; Wenger, Megan; Martin, Jeffrey; Geng, Elvin (Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 2016)

Background: The uptake of intensified active TB case finding among HIV-infected patients using symptom screening is not well understood. We evaluated the rate and completeness of each interim step in the TB “diagnostic ...