Development of a Standardized Screening Rule for Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV in Resource-Constrained Settings: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Getahun, Haileyesus; Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya; M. Heilig, Charles; L. Corbett, Elizabeth; Ayles, Helen; P. Cain, Kevin; D. Grant, Alison; Churchyard, Gavin; Kimerling, Michael; Shah, Sarita; D Lawn, Stephen; Wood, Robin; Maartens, Gary; Granich, Reuben; Date, Anand; K. Varma, Jay

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000391

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Development of a Standardized Screening Rule for Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV in Resource-Constrained Settings: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jan 18, 2011

Authors:

Haileyesus Getahun

Wanitchaya Kittikraisak

Charles M. Heilig

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends the screening of all people living with HIV for tuberculosis (TB) disease, followed by TB treatment, or isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) when TB is excluded. However, the difficulty of reliably excluding TB disease has severely limited TB screen...

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Medicine

Tuberculosis

Meta-analysis

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