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Novel scoring tool predicts persistent tuberculosis infectivity

Liz Scherer | Clinical Summary | 17 March 2023

TB scoring tool could end isolation sooner for some patients.

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...

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