The challenge of diagnosing tuberculosis in children: A perspective from a high incidence area

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Gie, R P ^a   Beyers, N ^a   Schaaf, H S ^a   Goussard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

TUBERCULIN;

EID: 1342329501     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90028-0     Document Type: Review

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