Potential value of urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test for diagnosing tuberculosis among severely acute malnourished children.

Potential value of urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test for diagnosing tuberculosis among severely acute malnourished children.

<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious co-morbidity among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and TB diagnosis remains particularly challenging in the very young. We explored whether, in a low HIV-prevalence setting, the detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (...

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Main Authors: Birgit Schramm, Rodrigue C Nganaboy, Piex Uwiragiye, Didier Mukeba, Aboubacar Abdoubara, Illa Abdou, Jean-Claude Nshimiymana, Seyni Sounna, Laurent Hiffler, Laurence Flevaud, Helena Huerga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250933

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