Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in HIV+ patients in Mozambique: A cost-effectiveness analysis of screening protocols based on four symptom screening, smear microscopy, urine LAM test and Xpert MTB/RIF.
Stefano OrlandoI TriulziF CiccacciIlaria PallaL PalombiM C MarazziMarina GiulianoMarco FloridiaS MancinelliE MutembaG TurchettiPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Our study shows that the MTB/RIF adoption could lead to an increasing of TB case-finding and a reduction in costs compared with standard and LF-LAM / MTB/RIF protocols.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- prognostic factors
- hiv positive
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- high resolution
- patient reported
- single molecule
- electronic health record
- men who have sex with men