Accuracy of clinical signs in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of three reference standards using data from a tertiary care centre in Rwanda

J Mugabekazi; Marleen Boelaert; J Sarushi; E Seruyange; P Basinga; A Musemakweli; Patrick Van der Stuyft; Z Bisoffi; J Moreira; Jef Van den Ende

doi:10.2174/1874315300801010001

Accuracy of clinical signs in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of three reference standards using data from a tertiary care centre in Rwanda

J Mugabekazi, Marleen Boelaert, J Sarushi, E Seruyange, P Basinga, A Musemakweli, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Z Bisoffi, J Moreira, Jef Van den Ende

Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type) › peer-review

Original language	English
Journal	Open Tropical Medicine Journal
Volume	1
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1874-3153
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/1874315300801010001
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Clinical diagnosis
Accuracy
Reference values
Sensitivity
Specificity
Latent class analysis
Rwanda
Africa-Central

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Mugabekazi, J., Boelaert, M., Sarushi, J., Seruyange, E., Basinga, P., Musemakweli, A., Van der Stuyft, P., Bisoffi, Z., Moreira, J., & Van den Ende, J. (2008). Accuracy of clinical signs in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of three reference standards using data from a tertiary care centre in Rwanda. Open Tropical Medicine Journal, 1, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874315300801010001

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Mugabekazi, J, Boelaert, M, Sarushi, J, Seruyange, E, Basinga, P, Musemakweli, A, Van der Stuyft, P, Bisoffi, Z, Moreira, J & Van den Ende, J 2008, 'Accuracy of clinical signs in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of three reference standards using data from a tertiary care centre in Rwanda', Open Tropical Medicine Journal, vol. 1, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874315300801010001

Accuracy of clinical signs in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of three reference standards using data from a tertiary care centre in Rwanda. / Mugabekazi, J; Boelaert, Marleen; Sarushi, J et al.
In: Open Tropical Medicine Journal, Vol. 1, 2008, p. 1-7.

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