Validation in Uganda of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings

John Walley; Setor Kunutsor; Morgan Evans; Janine Thoulass; Elly Katabira; Simon Muchuro; Ahmed Matovu

doi:10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182243a8c

Validation in Uganda of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings

John Walley, Setor Kunutsor, Morgan Evans, Janine Thoulass, Elly Katabira, Simon Muchuro, Ahmed Matovu

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Abstract

We compared the effectiveness of the new WHO 2007 diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) for HIV prevalent settings (WHO07) to the WHO 2003 guidelines used by the Ugandan National Tuberculosis Program (UgWHO03) and most other countries for the diagnosis of smear-negative PTB.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e93-100
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes : JAIDS.
Volume	57
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182243a8c
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Adult
Algorithms
Cohort Studies
HIV Infections
Humans
Prevalence
Reproducibility of Results
Rural Population
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sputum
Time Factors
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Uganda
Urban Population
World Health Organization

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Validation in Uganda of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings

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