Timely Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis Based on the Epidemiological Disease Spectrum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in the Republic of Korea.
Yousang KoJae Seuk ParkJinsoo MinHyung Woo KimHyeon Kyoung KooJee Youn OhYun-Jeong JeongEun Hye LeeBumhee YangJu Sang KimSung Soon LeeYunhyung KwonJiyeon YangJi Yeon HanYou Jin JangJinseob KimPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)
Timely PTB diagnosis should be accomplished. This can be improved with use of the PTBSS, a simple and intuitive scoring system, which can be more helpful in clinical and public health applications compared to the traditional dichotomous time-only approach.