Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: A prospective case-control study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 612-620

  Oberhelman, Richard A ^a   Soto Castellares, Giselle ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c,e   Caviedes, Luz ^c   Castillo, Maria E ^c,d   Kolevic, Lenka ^d   Del Pino, Trinidad ^d   Saito, Mayuko ^b,c,e   Salazar Lindo, Eduardo ^f   Negron, Eduardo ^f   Montenegro, Sonia ^g   Laguna Torres, V Alberto ^h   Moore, David AJ ^b,c,e,i   Evans, Carlton A ^c,e,i  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^h California   (Peru)

ⁱ WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; POVERTY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77955920180     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70141-9     Document Type: Article

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