Intensified Tuberculosis Case-Finding in HIV-Positive Adults Managed at Ethiopian Health Centers: Diagnostic Yield of Xpert MTB/RIF Compared with Smear Microscopy and Liquid Culture

• Taye T. Balcha ,

  * E-mail: tayetolera@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Erik Sturegård,

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology, Regional and University Laboratories, Region Skåne, Sweden

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• Niclas Winqvist,

  Affiliations Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Regional Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Malmö, Sweden

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• Sten Skogmar,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

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• Anton Reepalu,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

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• Zelalem Habtamu Jemal,

  Affiliation Oromia Health Bureau, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Gudeta Tibesso,

  Affiliation Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs- Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Thomas Schön,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases, Kalmar County Hospital, Sweden

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• Per Björkman

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

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