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Rifampicin resistance and mortality in patients hospitalised with HIV-associated tuberculosis

Spies R, Schutz C, Ward A, Balfour A, Shey M,  et al.
2022-09-27 • Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
2022-09-27 • Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
BACKGROUND
Patients with HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) are at high risk of death.

OBJECTIVES
We investigated the association between rifampicin-resistant TB (...
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Diagnostic accuracy of WHO screening criteria to guide lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan testing among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Dhana A, Hamada Y, Kengne AP, Kerkhoff AD, Broger T,  et al.
2022-05-16 • Journal of Infection
2022-05-16 • Journal of Infection
BACKGROUND
WHO recommends urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) testing with AlereLAM in HIV-positive inpatients only if screening criteria are met. We assessed the performan...
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Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Dhana A, Hamada Y, Kengne AP, Kerkhoff AD, Rangaka MX,  et al.
2022-04-01 • Lancet HIV
2022-04-01 • Lancet HIV
BACKGROUND
Since 2011, WHO has recommended that HIV-positive inpatients be routinely screened for tuberculosis with the WHO four-symptom screen (W4SS) and, if screened positive, rece...
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Disseminated Tuberculosis Among Hospitalised HIV Patients in South Africa: A Common Condition that Can Be Rapidly Diagnosed Using Urine-Based Assays

Kerkhoff AD, Barr DA, Schutz C, Burton R, Nicol MP,  et al.
2017-09-07 • Scientific Reports
2017-09-07 • Scientific Reports
HIV-associated disseminated TB (tuberculosis) has been under-recognised and poorly characterised. Blood culture is the gold-standard diagnostic test, but is expensive, slow, and may unde...