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Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic accuracy of sputum smear microscopy and routine chest radiology for HIV-associated tuberculosis is poor, and culture-based diagnosis is slow, expensive, and is unavailable in most resource-limited settings.
Vogt, Monica, Kerkhoff, Andrew D, Monica Vogt, Lawn, Stephen D, Robin Wood, Andrew D Kerkhoff, Stephen D Lawn, Wood, Robin   +7 more
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Accuracy of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Community Studies and their Impact on Treatment of Malaria in an Area with Declining Malaria Burden in North-Eastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Despite some problems related to accuracy and applicability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), they are currently the best option in areas with limited laboratory services for improving case management through parasitological diagnosis and ...
Thor G Theander, Bygbjerg Ib C, Martha M Lemnge, Mmbando Bruno P, Lemnge Martha M, Deus S Ishengoma, Bruno P Mmbando, Francis Filbert, Magistrado, Pamela, Ishengoma Deus S, John PA Lusingu, Ishengoma, Deus S, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Mmbando, Bruno P, Theander, Thor G, Lemnge, Martha M, Pamela Magistrado, Theander Thor G, Alifrangis Michael, Ib C Bygbjerg, Francis, Filbert, Lusingu, John P A, Magistrado Pamela, Lusingu John PA, Michael Alifrangis, Alifrangis, Michael, Filbert Francis, Bygbjerg, Ib C, Lusingu, John Pa   +28 more
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Analysis of intraoperative squash cytology of central nervous system lesions and its correlation with immunohistopathology and radiology

Journal of Cytology, 2023
Context: Central nervous system lesions are diverse and remain one of the most challenging domains for neuropathologists. Intraoperative cytological diagnosis is now a universally accepted technique in diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) lesions ...
Shilpa Accamma Philip, Earla Lakshmi Bai, G J Vani Padmaja, Swarajya Kumari   +3 more
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Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy

, 2008
More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published, but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the recent developments in the methodology for conducting systematic ...
JJ Deeks, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group, C. Gatsonis, RUTJES, ANNE WILHELMINA SASKIA, D'AMICO, Roberto, MM Leeflang, PM Bossuyt   +6 more
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Diagnostic Blood Biomarkers for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review

Diagnostics, 2023
(1) Background: The current diagnostic algorithm for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with the overuse of CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA).
Vårin Eiriksdatter Wikan, Birgitte Gladsø Tøndel, Vânia Maris Morelli, Ellen Elisabeth Brodin, Sigrid Kufaas Brækkan, John-Bjarne Hansen   +5 more
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Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of three rapid tests for the serodiagnosis of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in humans [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis (CE) is based primarily on imaging, in particular with ultrasound for abdominal CE, complemented by serology when imaging results are unclear. In rural endemic areas, where expertise in ultrasound may be
Ilaria Covini (1804441), Francesca Tamarozzi, Enrico Brunetti (217471), Tinelli, Carmine, Andreas Neumayr, Federica Manzoni, Annalisa De Silvestri, Annalisa De Silvestri (349861), Brunetti, Enrico, Casulli, Adriano, Neumayr, Andreas, Manzoni, Federica, Enrico Brunetti, Federica Manzoni (1804465), Roberta Narra, Andreas Neumayr (198330), Tamarozzi, Francesca, Ito, Akira, Akira Ito (301479), Mariconti, Mara, Mara Mariconti, Carmine Tinelli (25846), Akira Ito, Covini, Ilaria, Carmine Tinelli, De Silvestri, Annalisa, Mara Mariconti (615339), Ilaria Covini, Adriano Casulli (1804456), Adriano Casulli, Narra, Roberta, Francesca Tamarozzi (217449), Roberta Narra (1804438)   +32 more
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Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics: establishing an evidence base around the public health impact. [PDF]

, 2011
The limitations of existing tuberculosis diagnostic tools are significantly hampering tuberculosis control efforts, most noticeably in areas with high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antituberculosis drug resistance ...
Newell, Marie-Louise, Graham S. Cooke, Marie-Louise Newell, Cooke, Graham S, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Richard J. Lessells, Lessells, Richard J, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter   +7 more
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for meta‐analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

, 2023
We developed metadta, a flexible, robust, and user-friendly statistical procedure that fuses established and innovative statistical methods for meta-analysis, meta-regression, and network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies in Stata.
Victoria N. Nyaga, Marc Arbyn, V.N. Nyaga, M. Arbyn   +3 more
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Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection [PDF]

, 2021
BACKGROUND: Accurate rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection could contribute to clinical and public health strategies to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Point-of-care antigen and molecular tests to detect current infection could increase access to
Harris, Isobel M., Harris, Isobel M, Deeks, Jonathan J., Domen, Julie, Deeks, Jonathan J, Takwoingi, Yemisi, Leeflang, Mariska M.G., Spijker, Rene, Hooft, Lotty, Berhane, Sarah, Price, Malcolm J, Cunningham, Jane, di Ruffano, Lavinia Ferrante, Price, Malcolm J., Dretzke, Janine, Davenport, Clare, Leeflang, Mariska Mg, Emperador, Devy, Dinnes, Jacqueline, Van den Bruel, Ann, Adriano, Ada, McInnes, Matthew Df, Dittrich, Sabine, Ferrante di Ruffano, Lavinia, Beese, Sophie, Taylor, Melissa, Taylor-Phillips, Sian   +26 more
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Simple statistics in diagnostic tests [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2007
Diagnostic performance of a laboratory test is one of the key elements in decision making on diagnosis, screening, monitoring, risk assessment and prognosis of diseases.
Aslan Diler, Sandberg Sverre
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