Evaluation of a scoring system recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Health for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis;Avaliação do sistema de pontuação para o diagnóstico da tuberculose na infância preconizado pelo Ministério da Saúde, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-408

  Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia ^a   Dietze, Reynaldo ^a   Silva, Rita Elizabeth Checon De Freitas ^a   Hadad, David Jamil ^a   Struchiner, Claudio Jose ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Diagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 40349103538     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000200019     Document Type: Article

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