Increased and expedited case detection by Xpert MTB/RIF assay in childhood tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1388-1396

  Rachow, Andrea ^a,b,c   Clowes, Petra ^a,c   Saathoff, Elmar ^a   Mtafya, Bariki ^c   Michael, Epiphania ^c   Ntinginya, Elias N ^c   Kowour, Dickens ^c   Rojas Ponce, Gabriel ^c   Kroidl, Arne ^a,c   Maboko, Leonard ^c   Heinrich, Norbert ^a   Reither, Klaus ^a,d,e   Hoelscher, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b National Center for Infectious Diseases of Germany   (Tanzania)

^c National Institute of Medical Research Mbeya Medical Research Programme   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84860249006     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis190     Document Type: Article

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