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Novel scoring tool predicts persistent tuberculosis infectivity

Liz Scherer   |   Clinical Summary   |   17 March 2023
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Takeaway

  • A scoring model (PTBSCore) based on individual clinical, radiological, and analytical parameters appears to be an important tool to predict infectivity in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) sputum.

  • The study was conducted by Spanish researchers and appeared online in the Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases ...

          

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