Diagnosing TB
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Diagnosing Tb among Plhiv
Sputum smear microscopy has a particularly low sensitivity for detecting TB among PLHIV. This is because people in later stages of HIV infection and with compromised immune systems often release fewer organisms into their sputum, at concentrations below the threshold for visual detection under a microscope. For PLHIV with a negative smear microscopy result but who are still presumed to have TB,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.3.281-b