Accuracy of Determine TB-LAM Ag to detect TB in HIV infected patients associated with diagnostic methods used in Brazilian public health units.
Aline BenjaminSolange Cesar CavalcanteLeda Fátima JamalDenise Arakaki-SanchezJosué Nazareno de LimaJose Henrique PilottoFrancisco Ivanildo Oliveira JuniorTâmara Newman Lobato SouzaMaria Cristina Silva LourençoMaeve Brito de MelloPedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do BrasilDraurio Barreira Cravo NetoValeria RollaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
LAM is a point of care test that increased TB diagnosis in immunosuppressed HIV-infected patients when used in conjunction with smear microscopy, but not when used with Xpert in Brazilian public health network sites. Use of LAM test should be considered in settings where immunosuppressed HIV patients need rapid TB diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected patients
- antiretroviral therapy
- public health
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- hepatitis c virus
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- hiv testing
- south africa
- global health
- men who have sex with men
- highly efficient
- loop mediated isothermal amplification