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Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV- associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy:

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1 Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV- associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study  Dr Stephen D Lawn, MD, Andrew D Kerkhoff, MSc, Monica Vogt, N Dip Med Tech, Prof Robin Wood, FCP  The Lancet Infectious Diseases  Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages (March 2012) DOI: /S (11) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Study profile The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (11) ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Determine TB-LAM test strips from three patients in this study together with the reference reading card Positive control (upper) bands are seen in all three strips whereas positive test (lower) bands are only seen in the middle and right hand strips and the left strip is negative. The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (11) ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Venn diagrams showing the proportions of patients diagnosed by sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF (1 sample), sputum-smear microscopy (sputum acid-fast bacilli), and Determine TB-LAM Mutually exclusive proportions of patients shown in each of the compartments. Proportions of all patients with tuberculosis (A; n=85). Proportions of patients with CD4 cell counts less than 100 cells per μL (B; n=29). AFB=acid-fast bacilli. The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (11) ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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