Diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis: The culture conundrum

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-4

  Dodd, Lori Elizabeth ^a   Wilkinson, Robert John ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TEST; PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SPUTUM; STOMACH LAVAGE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84871086783     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70290-6     Document Type: Letter

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