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Low tuberculosis treatment initiation after positive tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan results

Tinne Gils
Tom Decroo
Lutgarde Lynen
Irene Ayakaka
Erika Vlieghe
Alastair van Heerden
Thandanani Madonsela
Mashaete Kamele
Moniek Bresser
Klaus Reither
Shannon Bosman

20243 citationsOpen accessUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Abstract

<b>A positive urine TB-LAM result should lead to TB treatment initiation. TB treatment uptake was low after a positive TB-LAM but negative Xpert test. A lack of trust in TB-LAM results by clinicians and false-positive results may contribute to these results.</b> https://bit.ly/3VGHekC.

Research topics

Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

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DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00182-2024

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