Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum in stools from children attending an immunization clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 740-744

  Cadmus, S I B ^a   Jenkins, A O ^b   Godfroid, J ^c   Osinusi, K ^d   Adewole, I F ^d   Murphy, R L ^e   Taiwo, B O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pediatric; Stool; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLE; STAINING; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SEQUENCE DELETION; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70350572301     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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