National guidelines not always followed when diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with HIV in Botswana

Keyphrases

• National Guidelines 100%
• Botswana 100%
• Smear-negative TB 100%
• Chest X-ray 57%
• Sputum 42%
• Sputum Smear 42%
• District Hospital 28%
• Sputum Culture 28%
• TB Treatment 28%
• Tuberculosis Diagnosis 28%
• National TB Program 28%
• Cough 14%
• Self-administered Questionnaire 14%
• Medical Records 14%
• Clinical Practice 14%
• Antibiotics 14%
• Antimicrobial Therapy 14%
• Medical History 14%
• HIV Patients 14%
• Tuberculosis Patients 14%
• Blood Culture 14%
• Chronic Cough 14%
• Sputum Microscopy 14%
• Hospital Records 14%
• Laboratory Investigation 14%
• Alternative Diagnosis 14%
• Admitted Patients 14%

Nursing and Health Professions

• Practice Guideline 100%
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
• Lung Tuberculosis 100%
• Thorax Radiography 57%
• Sputum Smear 42%
• Medical Record 28%
• Public Hospital 28%
• Sputum Culture 28%
• Clinical Practice 14%
• Compliance 14%
• Physician 14%
• Infection 14%
• Coughing 14%
• Medical History 14%
• Antimicrobial Therapy 14%
• Blood Culture 14%
• Outpatient 14%
• Sputum Cytodiagnosis 14%
• Chronic Cough 14%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
• Lung Tuberculosis 100%
• Clinician 71%
• Thorax Radiography 57%
• Sputum 42%
• Sputum Smear 42%
• Medical Record 28%
• Tuberculosis Diagnosis 28%
• Sputum Culture 28%
• Coughing 14%
• Infection 14%
• Antibiotics 14%
• Antimicrobial Therapy 14%
• Medical History 14%
• Physician 14%
• Blood Culture 14%
• Outpatient 14%
• Chronic Cough 14%
• Sputum Cytodiagnosis 14%