Christina Yoon et al.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 65(5), 551-556 (2013-12-19)
Symptom-based tuberculosis screening identifies less than one-third of eligible HIV-infected patients as candidates for isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). We evaluated whether testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) improves patient selection for IPT. We measured CRP levels (normal <10 mg/L) using a