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ArticleJournal of medicine and life2022

Diagnostic accuracy of screening algorithms to identify persons with active pulmonary tuberculosis at prison entry: protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Stephanie Pape, Kabiru Gulma, Siddharudha Shivalli, Laurent Cleenewerck de Kiev

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Article in Journal of medicine and life, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephanie PapeDepartment of Global Health, Euclid University, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Kabiru GulmaDepartment of Global Health, Euclid University, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Siddharudha ShivalliDepartment of Global Health, Euclid University, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Laurent Cleenewerck de KievDepartment of Global Health, Euclid University, Bangui, Central African Republic.
University of Bangui · CFLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prison inmates are a high-risk group for tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease due to the increasing number of vulnerable fringe groups, risk factors (

Indexed as

Latent TuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryHumansNetwork Meta-Analysis as TopicPrisonsSystematic Reviews as Topic95% CI – 95% confidence intervalsactive case findingAFB – Acid-fast bacilliAUC – Area under the curveBAL – Bronchoalveolar lavageBCG – Bacille Calmette GuerinCD4 – Cluster of differentiation 4CT – Computed tomographyCXR – Chest radiographyDNA – Deoxyribonucleic acidDOTS – Directly observed therapy strategyECDC – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Controlentry screeningEPTB – Extrapulmonary tuberculosisFL LPA – First-line line probe assayFM – Fluorescence microscopyFN – False-negativeFP – False-positiveFPR – False-positive rateHBC – High burden countryHIV – Human immunodeficiency virusHSROC – Hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristicIGRA – Interferon-gamma release assayLAM – LipoarabinomannanLJ – Löwenstein-JensenLPA – Line probe assayLTBI – Latent tuberculosis infectionMDR TB – Multidrug-resistant tuberculosisMGIT – Mycobacterial growth inhibitor tubesMMR – Mass miniature radiographyMRI – Magnetic resonance imagingNAAT – Nucleic acid amplification testNMA – Network meta-analysisPCR – Polymerase chain reactionPICOS – Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, SettingPRISMA – Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-AnalysesprisonPROSPERO – International Prospective Register of Systematic ReviewsPTB – Pulmonary TBQUADAS-2 – Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (revised tool)ROC – Receiver Operating CharacteristicSDGs – Sustainable Development GoalsSD – Standard deviationSL LPA – Second-line line probe assaySn – SensitivitySp – SpecificitySROC – Sum ROCSTD – Sexually transmitted diseasesTB-LAMP – Loop-mediated isothermal amplificationTB – TuberculosisTNF – Tumor necrosis factorTN – True-negativeTPR – True-positive rateTP – True-positiveTST – Tuberculin skin test (Mendel-Mantoux-Test)tuberculosisUV – UltravioletWHO – World Health OrganizationZN – Ziehl-Neelsen

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