A comparison of digital chest radiography and Xpert® MTB/RIF in active case finding for tuberculosis

OBJECTIVE: To compare two community screening tests for TB: sputum examination using Xpert® MTB/RIF and chest radiography (CXR).METHOD: Men aged ≥15 years and women aged >45 years living in 96 sub-communes in Ca Mau, Viet Nam, were invited to provide a single sputum specimen that was tested using...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 2020-09, Vol.24 (9), p.934-940
Hauptverfasser:	Nguyen, T. B. P., Nguyen, T. A., Luu, B. K., Le, T. T. O., Nguyen, V. S., Nguyen, K. C., Duong, K. D., Nguyen, H. B., Nguyen, N. L., Fox, G. J., Nguyen, N. V., Marks, G. B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Chest Diagnostic Female Humans Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Radiographic Image Enhancement Radiography Screening Sensitivity Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Vietnam
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