S Greco

Summary

Affiliation: San Camillo Hospital
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Current evidence on diagnostic accuracy of commercially based nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
    S Greco
    Dipartimento di Malattie Polmonari, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
    Thorax 61:783-90. 2006
  2. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of in-house PCR for pulmonary tuberculosis in smear-positive patients: meta-analysis and metaregression
    S Greco
    Dipartimento di Malattie Polmonari, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
    J Clin Microbiol 47:569-76. 2009
  3. ncbi Cost determinants of tuberculosis management in a low-prevalence country
    M Bocchino
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases L Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 10:146-52. 2006

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Current evidence on diagnostic accuracy of commercially based nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
    S Greco
    Dipartimento di Malattie Polmonari, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
    Thorax 61:783-90. 2006
    ..We analysed the accuracy of commercial NAATs for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in smear positive and smear negative respiratory samples using culture as a reference standard...
  2. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of in-house PCR for pulmonary tuberculosis in smear-positive patients: meta-analysis and metaregression
    S Greco
    Dipartimento di Malattie Polmonari, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
    J Clin Microbiol 47:569-76. 2009
    ..As the inclusion of samples from treated patients could have artificially reduced specificity, future studies should report mycobacterial-culture results for each TB and non-TB sample analyzed...
  3. ncbi Cost determinants of tuberculosis management in a low-prevalence country
    M Bocchino
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases L Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 10:146-52. 2006
    ..As a too high fraction of resources invested in TB control goes toward hospital costs, out-patient treatment strategies should be implemented...