ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Transabdominal ultrasound as a screening stage for the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis

Plotkin DV1,2, Kirillova OV1, Nikanorov AV3, Reshetnikov MN1, Shtykhno АО1, Loshkareva EO2, Korotkova ES2, Sinitsyn MV1
About authors

1 Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

3 The Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Dmitry Vladimirovich Plotkin
Ostrovitianova, 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.tsil@31nk

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control (protocol №.12 dated December 9, 2019). The informed consent was submitted by all study participants.

Author contribution: Plotkin DV, Reshetnikov MN, Nikanorov AV, Sinitsyn MV — study concept and design, overall management; Kirillova OV, Shtykhno АО, Loshkareva EO — sample collection; Korotkova ES, Plotkin DV — statistical analysis; Plotkin DV, Reshetnikov MN, Kirillova OV, Nikanorov AV — data analysis; Plotkin DV, Reshetnikov MN — manuscript writing; Kirillova OV, Shtykhno АО, Nikanorov AV — editing. Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control (protocol №.12 dated December 9, 2019). The informed consent was submitted by all study participants.

Received: 2020-03-17 Accepted: 2020-04-04 Published online: 2020-04-12
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