Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis: Traditional and Innovative Modalities

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 61-88

  Lighter, Jennifer ^a   Rigaud, Mona ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RISK; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 59649114757     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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