The use of a urine lipoarabinomannan test in clinical decision-making regarding empiric tuberculosis treatment among HIV-positive patients suspected to have tuberculosis
The use of the urine LAM did not change the physician's decision to start TB treatment where the was a high suspicion of TB based on clinical presentation and other investigations. Physicians depended more on their clinical intuition where the urine LAM was negative.
Authors
- Maryke de Villiers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8766-4296)
- Danie van Zyl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-9984)
- T R Makgoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4747-5919)
Institutions
- Kalafong Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7196/samj.2025.v115i2.2143
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00