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Early morning urine collection to improve the sensitivity of LAM in hospitalised TB/HIV co-infected patients

Point-of-care detection of urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a low-cost rapid TB diagnostic for use in HIV co-infected patients. However, its sensitivity in these patients is suboptimal. Strategies to improve its performance is a need. The hypothesis was that early morning urine (EMU), rather than ra...

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Main Author: Gina, Ntombenhle Phindile
Other Authors: Dheda, Keertan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Pulmonology 2016
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