A critical review of diagnostic approaches used in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1038-1045

  Hesseling, A C ^a,c   Schaaf, H S ^a   Gie, R P ^a   Starke, J R ^b   Beyers, N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Children; Diagnostic approaches; HIV AIDS; Intrathoracic; Point scoring systems; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036927939     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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