Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Haile, Melles"
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Meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of GeneXpert, MODS and the WHO 2007 algorithm for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
Walusimbi, Simon; Bwanga, Freddie; De Costa, Ayesha; Haile, Melles; Joloba, Moses; Hoffner, Sven (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013)Background: Smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SN-PTB), which is common in HIV-infected patients, is difficult to diagnose using smear microscopy alone. In 2007, the WHO developed an algorithm to improve the diagnosis ...