Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children using a polymerase chain reaction

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 344-351

  Gomez Pastrana, David ^a,b   Torronteras, Rafael ^a   Caro, Pilar ^a   Anguita, Maria Luisa ^a   Barrio, Antonio María López ^a   Andrés, Anselmo ^a   Navarro, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Avenida de Sudamerica ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Computerized tomography; Controlled clinical trial; Diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032693015     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199911)28:5<344::AID-PPUL6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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