Impact of hematocrit on point-of-care C-reactive protein-based tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

Point-of-care C-reactive protein (POC CRP) testing is a potential tuberculosis (TB) screening tool for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Unlike lab-based assays, POC assays do not routinely adjust CRP levels for hematocrit, potentially resulting in TB screening status misclassification. We compared th...
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Autor*in:

Mwebe, Sandra Z. [verfasserIn]

Yoon, Christina [verfasserIn]

Asege, Lucy [verfasserIn]

Nakaye, Martha [verfasserIn]

Katende, Jane [verfasserIn]

Andama, Alfred [verfasserIn]

Cattamanchi, Adithya [verfasserIn]

Semitala, Fred C. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2020

Schlagwörter:

Tuberculosis

Screening

C-reactive protein

Haematocrit

PLHIV

Point of care

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1983, 99

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:99

DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115281

Katalog-ID:

ELV005485762

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