Use of Xpert for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in severely malnourished hospitalized Malawian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1200-1202

  LaCourse, Sylvia M ^a,b   Chester, Frances M ^b   Preidis, Geoffrey ^c   McCrary, Leah M ^b,d   Arscott Mills, Tonya ^e   Maliwichi, Madalitso ^b   James, Grace ^b   McCollum, Eric D ^b,f   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Pediatric tuberculosis; Xpert MTB RIF

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MALAWI; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84925954276     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000384     Document Type: Article

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