The development and validation of a diagnostic scoring system to differentiate pulmonary tuberculosis from non-tuberculosis pulmonary infections in HIV-infected patients with severe immune suppression.

Jing OuyangJing YuanYaling ChenYanming ZengVijay HarypursatYanqiu LuHui ChenYao-Kai Chen

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Our results demonstrate that our proposed diagnostic scoring system could be helpful in differentiating pulmonary TB from non-TB pulmonary infections in HIV-infected patients.

Keyphrases

hiv infected patients
pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
antiretroviral therapy
pulmonary hypertension
hiv infected
hiv aids
human immunodeficiency virus
early onset
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
drug induced