Isolation of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria in children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hatherill, Mark ^a,b   Hawkridge, Tony ^a,b   Whitelaw, Andrew ^b,c   Tameris, Michele ^a,b   Mahomed, Hassan ^a,b   Moyo, Sizulu ^a,b   Hanekom, Willem ^a,b   Hussey, Gregory ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM;

BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 49449109360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000021     Document Type: Article

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