作者: Willy Ssengooba , Yukari C. Manabe , Jerrold Ellner , Susan E. Dorman , Maunank Shah
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000008
关键词: Hiv infected 、 Immunology 、 Lipoarabinomannan 、 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 、 Active tb 、 Tuberculosis 、 Sputum 、 Virology 、 Medicine 、 Diagnostic algorithms 、 Cost effectiveness
摘要: Objective Xpert MTB/RIF (‘Xpert’) and urinary lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) assays offer rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of novel diagnostic algorithms utilizing combinations Xpert LF-LAM for detection active TB among people living with HIV.