Performance of three diagnostic tests for tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) patients presenting to a health facility in an informal urban settlement in nairobi, kenya

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• What: The aim of this study was to estimate (using Bayesian latent class models ) the sensitivity (Se) specificity (Sp) and negative and positive predictive values (NPV and PPV) of sputum smear microscopy (SSM) Xpert Ultra and lipoarabinomannan antigen (LAM) tests for TB among PLWHIV in This cross-sectional study enrolled a total of 190 patients aged = 18 years with presumptive TB seeking treatment at the Kibra Community Health Center Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC) clinic between September 2022 and March 2023. This study has utilized Bayesian latent class analysis for the estimation of the accuracy of SSM, Xpert . . .
  

   

  

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