Performance outcomes of a standardized LAM antigen-detected test in TB suspects recruited in Cape Town, South Africa

K. Dheda, R. van Zyl-Smit, R. Meldau, A. Whitelaw, D. Singanga, H. Chordnum, M. Isaacs, S. Isaacs, R. Dawson, E. Bateman, A. Zumla (Cape Town, South Africa; London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1600
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
K. Dheda, R. van Zyl-Smit, R. Meldau, A. Whitelaw, D. Singanga, H. Chordnum, M. Isaacs, S. Isaacs, R. Dawson, E. Bateman, A. Zumla (Cape Town, South Africa; London, United Kingdom). Performance outcomes of a standardized LAM antigen-detected test in TB suspects recruited in Cape Town, South Africa. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 1600

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Death rates in patients during and after MDR-TB treatment in a semi rural area of South Africa
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk factors and treatment outcomes in multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2011

A follow up Study of TB patients put on DOTS from South India
Source: International Congress 2017 – Clinical challenges in chronic lung diseases
Year: 2017


Prognosis and outcome in patients with extremely drug resistant tuberculosis from the Western Cape province, South Africa
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Outcomes of tuberculosis treatment
Year: 2008

Risk factors for bronchial hyperresponsiveness in Cape Town, South Africa: results from a community survey
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 232s
Year: 2006

Lung function in HIV- infected adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa
Source: International Congress 2016 – From pleura to bronchi: new insights
Year: 2016


Longitudinal changes in spirometry in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa
Source: International Congress 2018 – Primary ciliary dyskinesia and lung function tests in respiratory morbidities
Year: 2018




Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in a low-income urban area of Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 379s
Year: 2005

Prevalence and characteristic of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in South Halmahera District, eastern Indonesia
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Tuberculosis and adverse events in different populations
Year: 2020


Culture conversion rates of multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) patients treated in the community versus an inpatient setting in a rural area of the Western Cape (WC) of South Africa
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pros and cons of MDR- and XDR-TB treatment
Year: 2012



TB program for refugees in Russian North Caucasus
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 163s
Year: 2002

Traditional healers, treatment delay, performance status and death from tuberculosis in rural South Africa
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 428s
Year: 2005

Radiological features of primary lung cancer subtypes at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; a one year retrospective review
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Staging of lung cancer
Year: 2010

Drug resistance and HIV rates are high in Eastern European patients with Tuberculosis in a South East London Hospital
Source: International Congress 2019 – Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and comorbidities
Year: 2019

Features of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis notified in an east London borough with a high immigrant population
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 143s
Year: 2001

Outcome of patients treated for tuberculosis in Oran Town, Algeria
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Tuberculosis epidemiology
Year: 2010


Active case finding among contacts of sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients in rural and urban Sindh Pakistan
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health management II
Year: 2013


Number of tuberculosis (TB) cases reported by primary care physicians (PCPs) in India: Results of a 1-day point prevalence study in 880 urban cities and towns in India
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health management I
Year: 2013


Population surveillance in North West Adelaide: medical costs among males and females with diagnosed and undiagnosed asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 220s
Year: 2005

Rising admisssions and mortality at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 608s
Year: 2002

High prevalence of smoking among patients with suspected tuberculosis in South Africa
Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 139-146
Year: 2011