A Clinical Scoring Algorithm for Determination of the Risk of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Adults: A Cohort Study Performed at Ethiopian Health Centers.

Summary, in English

The World Health Organization (WHO) tuberculosis (TB) symptom screening instrument (WHO-TB) can identify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals at low risk of tuberculosis (TB); however, many patients report WHO-TB symptoms and require further TB investigations. We hypothesized that further clinical scoring could classify subjects with a positive WHO-TB screening result (WHO-TB(+)) for the likelihood of TB.

• Författare: Taye Balcha; Sten Skogmar; Erik Sturegård; T Schön; Niclas Winqvist; Anton Reepalu; Z H Jemal; G Tibesso; Jonas Björk; Per Björkman
• Avdelning/ar: Infectious Diseases Research Unit; Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 095-095
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
• Volym: 1
• Issue: 3
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734163?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu095
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Oxford University Press
• Ämne: Infectious Medicine; Environmental Health and Occupational Health; Microbiology in the medical area
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Infectious Diseases Research Unit; Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2328-8957