Article
Validating a scoring system for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults
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COIMBRA, Isabella et al. Validating a scoring system for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults. PloS One, v. 9, n. 4, p. e95828, 2014.
1932-6203
10.1371/journal.pone.0095828
Autor
Coimbra, Isabella
Maruza, Magda
Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de
Batista, Joanna D'Arc Lyra
Braga, Maria Cynthia
Moura, Líbia Vilela
Miranda-Filho, Demócrito Barros
Montarroyos, Ulisses Ramos
Lacerda, Heloísa Ramos
Rodrigues, Laura Cunha
Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar
Resumen
The challenge of diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary TB (tuberculosis) in people living with HIV justifies the use of instruments other than the smear test for diagnosing the disease. Considering the clinical-radiological similarities of TB amongst HIV-infected adults and children, the proposal of this study was to assess the accuracy of a scoring system used to diagnose smear-negative pulmonary TB in children and adolescents, in HIV-infected adults suspected of having smear-negative pulmonary TB.