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SUBMITTER: Pandie S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5025647 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pandie Shaheen S Peter Jonathan G JG Kerbelker Zita S ZS Meldau Richard R Theron Grant G Govender Ureshnie U Ntsekhe Mpiko M Dheda Keertan K Mayosi Bongani M BM
Scientific reports 20160916
We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of urinary and pericardial fluid (PF) lipoarabinomannan (LAM) assays in tuberculous pericarditis (TBP). From October 2009 through September 2012, 151 patients with TBP were enrolled. Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture and/or pericardial histology were the reference standard for definite TBP. 49% (74/151), 33.1% (50/151) and 17.9% (27/151) of patients had definite-, probable-, and non-TB respectively; 69.5% (105/151) were HIV positive. LAM ELISA had the follow ...[more]