Philip Erick Wikman Jorgensen

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Is the case fatality rate of untreated TB the same as the case fatality rate of drug resistant TB?

Would a case of active drug resistant TB infection treated with inefective drugs, have the same case fatality ratio as a "normal" not resistant but untreated active TB infection?

04 September 2014 6,166 14 View

How do I perform a cost-efectiveness analysis of diagnostic tests?

I would like to know if there are any guidelines for this kind of studies.

14 July 2013 646 1 View

What is the best way to diagnose TB: GenXpert or MODS?

If we set it up in a rural setting with a very high HIV and TB burden?

06 July 2013 114 9 View

In a meta-analysis of test accurracy, can you do a pooled analysis on the performance of the same test on different kinds of samples?

I am thinking about cultures. Can you do a pooled sensitivity and specificity estimate on the performance of a culture technique on different kinds of samples? I mean, put together sputums,...

18 April 2013 8,752 6 View

How much time can you wait to process a sputum sample for culture of mycobacteria?

It is clearly known that the more you wait the lower viable bacili will be in the sample, but is there any specific cutoff? How can this time be increased?

06 March 2013 7,433 14 View

Which is the best method for decontamination of a sputum sample before culturing it for Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

I would like to know which is the easiest and cheapest but at the same time sensitive and specific method.

03 March 2013 506 10 View

In a meta-analysis, what is the exact difference between a sensitivity analysis and a search for heterogeneity?

How is this performed?

27 February 2013 267 2 View