Safety and efficacy of induced sputum in young children hospitalised with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-12

  Planting, N S ^a   Visser, G L ^a   Nicol, M P ^b   Workman, L ^b   Isaacs, W ^b   Zar, H J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Induced sputum; Safe; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INDUCED SPUTUM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SMEAR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84892623595     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0132     Document Type: Article

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