Maria S. Lightowler
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Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis in outpatients from Papua New Guinea, a resource-limited setting Open
LUS demonstrates high sensitivity for detecting PTB, equivalent to CXR, but low specificity. LUS may have diagnostic value, particularly where radiography is unavailable. The scoring system that showed higher specificity should be validate…
Evaluation of a Lung Ultrasound Score in Hospitalized Adult Patients with COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain Open
Background/Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic and the burden on hospital resources, the rapid categorization of high-risk COVID-19 patients became essential, and lung ultrasound (LUS) emerged as an alternative to chest computed tomog…
Effectiveness of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine in Zimbabwe used in response to an outbreak among children and young adults: a matched case control study Open
Background Zimbabwe suffers from regular outbreaks of typhoid fever (TF), worse since 2017. Most cases were in Harare and a vaccination campaign with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) was conducted in March 2019. The vaccine effectiveness (V…