Rapid molecular diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children using nasopharyngeal specimens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1088-1095

  Zar, Heather J ^a,b   Workman, Lesley ^a,b   Isaacs, Washiefa ^a,b   Munro, Jacinta ^a,b   Black, Faye ^a,b   Eley, Brian ^a,b   Allen, Veronica ^b   Boehme, Catharina C ^c   Zemanay, Widaad ^b   Nicol, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84866708249     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis598     Document Type: Review

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