Laboratory diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in the European Union/European economic area: Analysis of routine laboratory data, 2007 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Sanchini, A ^a,b   Fiebig, L ^b   Drobniewski, F ^c,d   Haas, W ^a   Richter, E ^e   Katalinic Jankovic, V ^f   Pimkina, E ^g   Skenders, G ^h   Cirillo, D M ⁱ   Balabanova, Y ^a,c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^f CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^g VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^h RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84896468850     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.11.20744     Document Type: Article

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