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

Taye Tolera Balcha | Zendy; Sten Skogmar | Zendy; Erik Sturegård | Zendy; Thomas Schön | Zendy; Niclas Winqvist | Zendy; Anton Reepalu | Zendy; Zelalem Habtamu Jemal | Zendy; Gudeta Tibesso | Zendy; Jonas Björk | Zendy; Per Björkman | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Taye Tolera Balcha,

Sten Skogmar,

Erik Sturegård,

Thomas Schön,

Niclas Winqvist,

Anton Reepalu,

Zelalem Habtamu Jemal,

Gudeta Tibesso,

Jonas Björk,

Per Björkman

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu095

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , logistic regression , confidence interval , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , prospective cohort study , algorithm , pediatrics , immunology , pathology , computer science

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

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