New approaches and emerging technologies in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-133

  Marais, Ben J ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^b  

^a Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

child TB; diagnostic advances

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COLORIMETRY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATCH TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34250167238     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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