Browsing Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Collections by Subject "Diagnosis"

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    • Nucleic acid amplification tests for diagnosis of smear-negative TB in a high HIV prevalence setting: a prospective cohort study 

      Davis, J. Lucian; Huang, Laurence; Worodria, William; Masur, Henry; Cattamanchi, Adithya; Huber, Charles; Miller, Cecily; Conville, Patricia S.; Murray, Patrick; Kovacs, Joseph A. (Public Library of Science, 2011-01)
      Background: Nucleic acid amplification tests are sensitive for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in populations with positive sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli, but less sensitive in sputum-smear-negative populations. ...

    • The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions 

      Meya, David. B; McAdam, K. P. W. J (Blackwell, 2007)
      Meya DB, McAdam KPWJ (Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda). The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions (Review). J Intern Med 2007; 261: 309–329. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million ...

    • The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions 

      Meya, David. B; McAdam, K. P. W. J (Blackwell, 2007)
      Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million people globally each year. Annual TB case notification rates have risen up to fourfold since the mid-1980s, with the highest rate of 1000/100 000 around Cape Town, ...