Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital care for children: What is the diagnostic accuracy of gastric aspiration for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 291-298

  Stockdale, Alexander J ^a   Duke, Trevor ^b   Graham, Steve ^b   Kelly, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEBULIZATION; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY FLUID; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; STOMACH LAVAGE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BODY FLUIDS; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957870777     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq081     Document Type: Review

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