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Incremental Yield of Including Determine-TB LAM Assay in Diagnostic Algorithms for Hospitalized and Ambulatory HIV-Positive Patients in Kenya.

Helena HuergaGabriella FerlazzoPaolo BevilacquaBeatrice KirubiElisa ArdizzoniStephen WanjalaJoseph SitieneiMaryline Bonnet
Published in: PloS one (2017)
LAM should be included in TB diagnostic algorithms in parallel to microscopy or Xpert request for HIV-positive patients either ambulatory (severely ill or CD4<200cells/μl) or hospitalized. LAM allows same day treatment initiation in patients at higher risk of death and in those not able to produce sputum.
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