Xpert MTB/RIF on Stool Is Useful for the Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Young Children With Severe Pulmonary Disease

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to result in high morbidity and mortality in children from resource-limited settings. Diagnostic challenges, including resource-intense sputum collection methods and insensitive diagnostic tests, contribute to diagnostic delay and poor outcomes in children. We evaluated t...

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Published in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 36; no. 9; p. 837
Main Authors:	Walters, Elisabetta, van der Zalm, Marieke Magrieta, Palmer, Megan, Bosch, Corné, Demers, Anne-Marie, Draper, Heather, Goussard, Pierre, Schaaf, Hendrik Simon, Friedrich, Sven Olaf, Whitelaw, Andrew, Warren, Robin, Gie, Robert P, Hesseling, Anneke C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.09.2017
Subjects:	Child Child, Preschool Feces - microbiology Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Molecular Typing Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques - methods Predictive Value of Tests Prospective Studies Radiography, Thoracic Time Factors Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging
ISSN:	1532-0987, 1532-0987
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