Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in African children in a primary care setting by use of Xpert MTB/RIF on respiratory specimens: A prospective study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zar, Heather J ^a,b   Workman, Lesley ^a,b   Isaacs, Washiefa ^a,b   Dheda, Keertan ^a   Zemanay, Widaad ^a,c   Nicol, Mark P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPLICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84887588855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70036-6     Document Type: Article

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