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Is reduced [8]. By contrast, newly emerging urine tests for LAM may enhance diagnostic algorithms by offering additional diagnostic yield for HIV-associated TB [2,9?1]. Urinary LAM detection offers the benefit of evaluating non-respiratory samples and has additive value when combined with sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected individuals with signs/symptoms of TB [2,9,10,12]. In HIV-positive adu

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Al. [14] recently showed that usage of LF-LAM for hospitalized patients with low CD4+ cell count in South Africa was considered highly cost-effective compared with smearmicroscopy alone. The cost-effectiveness of incorporating LF-LAM testing as part of diagnostic algorithms with or without Xpert for a broader population of HIV-infected individuals, including outpatients and those with less immunos