Background Response to treatment is often used as a criterion for the diagnosis of
abdominal tuberculosis. Aim To determine utility of serum C reactive protein (CRP) in …

BACKGROUND: Rapid means of ruling in or ruling out tuberculosis (TB) would permit more
efficient management of patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART). OBJECTIVE: To …

A systematic review was conducted to describe the quality and characteristics of prediction
models for prevalent pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in adults at routine TB care settings. A …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy and role of rapid C-reactive protein (CRP) testing in
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals with presumed tuberculosis (TB) …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) clinical prediction rules rely on presence of symptoms,
however many undiagnosed cases in the community are asymptomatic. This study aimed to …

The objective of this prospective cross-sectional study, conducted at a national referral
hospital in Kampala, Uganda, was to determine diagnostic performance of serum C-reactive …

Objective To identify plasma markers predictive of therapeutic response in patients with
multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Methods Fifty HIV-negative patients with active …

Background: Symptom-based tuberculosis screening identifies less than one-third of eligible
HIV-infected patients as candidates for isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). We evaluated …

At least one-third of the 34 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
worldwide are infected with latent tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to determine …

Point of care (POC) diagnostics are often hailed as having the potential to transform
tuberculosis (TB) control efforts. However, POC testing is better conceptualized as a system …