Combining urine lipoarabinomannan with antibody detection as a simple non-sputum-based screening method for HIV-associated tuberculosis.

Hiba YounisIsabell KerschbaumerJee-Young MoonRyung S KimCaroline J BlancTingting Cheng Robin WoodSteven LawnJacqueline M Achkar

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Combining U-LAM with serum antibody detection could provide a simple low-cost method that meets the requirements for a non-sputum-based test for the screening of HIV-associated TB.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
low cost
antiretroviral therapy
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv positive
hiv aids
hiv infected
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
cystic fibrosis
hepatitis c virus
loop mediated isothermal amplification
men who have sex with men
real time pcr
label free
south africa
emergency department