Diagnostic Outcomes After Chest Radiograph Interpretation in Patients With Suspected Tuberculosis and Negative Sputum Smears in a High-Burden Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Setting
Cudahy PGT, Dawson R, Allwood BW, Maartens G, Wilson D. Diagnostic Outcomes After Chest Radiograph Interpretation in Patients With Suspected Tuberculosis and Negative Sputum Smears in a High-Burden Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Setting. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: ofx123. PMID: 28721354, PMCID: PMC5508775, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcid-fast bacilliNegative sputum smearsSputum smearPulmonary tuberculosisChest radiographsSputum smear-negative patientsSmear-negative pulmonary tuberculosisSmear-negative patientsEvaluation of patientsPrimary care clinicsChest X-ray readingsPoor diagnostic utilityX-ray readingsChest radiograph interpretationSputum cultureCare clinicsExperienced pulmonologistsDiagnostic utilityClinical diagnosisPatientsTuberculosisDiagnostic outcomesRadiograph interpretationLow specificitySmears