Development of a Clinical Prediction Score Including Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio to Inform Tuberculosis Treatment Among Children With HIV: A Multicountry Study.
Amyn Abdul MalikNeel R GandhiOlivier MarcyElisabetta WaltersMathurin TejiokemGiang Do ChauSaad B OmerTimothy L LashMercedes C BecerraIrene N NjugunaSylvia M LaCourseElizabeth Maleche-ObimboDalton WamalwaGrace C John-StewartLisa M CranmerPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
Our score has comparable sensitivity and specificity to algorithms including microbiological testing and should enable clinicians to rapidly initiate TB treatment among CHIV when microbiological testing is unavailable.