Rapid microbiological screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients on the first day of acute hospital admission by systematic testing of urine samples using Xpert MTB/RIF: a prospective cohort in South Africa.

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Published in BMC Med on August 14, 2015

Authors

Stephen D Lawn1,2,3, Andrew D Kerkhoff4,5,6, Rosie Burton7,8,9, Charlotte Schutz10,11, Gavin van Wyk12,13, Monica Vogt14, Pearl Pahlana15, Mark P Nicol16,17, Graeme Meintjes18,19,20

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. stephen.lawn@lshtm.ac.uk.
2: The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. stephen.lawn@lshtm.ac.uk.
3: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. stephen.lawn@lshtm.ac.uk.
4: The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. andrewkerkhoff@gmail.com.
5: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA. andrewkerkhoff@gmail.com.
6: Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. andrewkerkhoff@gmail.com.
7: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. rosie@polka.co.za.
8: GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. rosie@polka.co.za.
9: Khayelitsha District Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. rosie@polka.co.za.
10: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. charlottelouw@discoverymail.co.za.
11: Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. charlottelouw@discoverymail.co.za.
12: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. gvw001@gmail.com.
13: GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. gvw001@gmail.com.
14: The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. monica.vogt@hiv-research.org.za.
15: The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. pearlpahlana@yahoo.com.
16: Division of Medical Microbiology and Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. mark.nicol@uct.ac.za.
17: National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. mark.nicol@uct.ac.za.
18: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. graemein@mweb.co.za.
19: Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. graemein@mweb.co.za.
20: Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. graemein@mweb.co.za.

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