Symptom Screening Among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Is Acceptable and Has High Negative Predictive Value for Active Tuberculosis | Zendy

Amita Gupta | Zendy; Anand Chandrasekhar | Zendy; Nikhil Gupte | Zendy; Sandesh Patil | Zendy; Ramesh Bhosale | Zendy; Pradeep Sambarey | Zendy; S.N. Ghorpade | Zendy; Uma Nayak | Zendy; Laila Garda | Zendy; Jayagowri Sastry | Zendy; Renu Bharadwaj | Zendy; Robert C. Bollinger | Zendy

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Symptom Screening Among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Is Acceptable and Has High Negative Predictive Value for Active Tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Amita Gupta,

Anand Chandrasekhar,

Nikhil Gupte,

Sandesh Patil,

Ramesh Bhosale,

Pradeep Sambarey,

S.N. Ghorpade,

Uma Nayak,

Laila Garda,

Jayagowri Sastry,

Renu Bharadwaj,

Robert C. Bollinger

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir605

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , active tuberculosis , tuberculin , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , predictive value , immunology , obstetrics , pediatrics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology

We evaluated tuberculosis (TB) screening among 799 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women in India. Eleven (1.4%) had active TB. The negative predictive value of screening using cough, fever, night sweats, or weight loss was 99.3%. Tuberculin skin test and targeted chest radiography provided no substantial benefit. TB symptom screening, as recommended by the World Health Organization, is effective for ruling out TB in HIV-infected pregnant women.

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