| Literature DB >> 21940417 |
Amita Gupta1, Aditya Chandrasekhar, Nikhil Gupte, Sandesh Patil, Ramesh Bhosale, Pradeep Sambarey, Shivahari Ghorpade, Uma Nayak, Laila Garda, Jayagowri Sastry, Renu Bharadwaj, Robert C Bollinger.
Abstract
We evaluated tuberculosis (TB) screening among 799 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women in India. Eleven (1.4%) had active TB. The negative predictive value of screening using cough, fever, night sweats, or weight loss was 99.3%. Tuberculin skin test and targeted chest radiography provided no substantial benefit. TB symptom screening, as recommended by the World Health Organization, is effective for ruling out TB in HIV-infected pregnant women.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21940417 PMCID: PMC3193828 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir605
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079