| Title: |
Urine TB lipoarabinomannan (LAM) predicts mortality in hospitalized HIV-infected children. |
| Authors: |
LaCourse, SM; Cranmer, LM; Njuguna, IN; Gatimu, J; Stern, J; Walson, JL; Wamalwa, D; John-Stewart, G; Pavlinac, P |
| Publisher Information: |
University of Nairobi |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
University of Nairobi Digital Repository |
| Subject Terms: |
HIV; children; lipoarabinomannan; mortality; tuberculosis; urine |
| Description: |
Despite diagnostic performance limitations, urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) predicts death in HIV-infected adults with TB. Pediatric data are limited. Among 137 hospitalized HIV-infected children, mortality was 4.9-fold higher among LAM-positives (127 vs. 31/100 py, aHR 4.92 [95%CI 1.79-13.49]; p=0.002). LAM identifies HIV-infected children at risk for death potentially missed by respiratory sampling. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324985; https://hdl.handle.net/11295/102355 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/cid/ciy011/4792803 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11295/102355; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324985; https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciy011/4792803 |
| Rights: |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.2BBF8AE2 |
| Database: |
BASE |