Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis in Children: An Update

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages S179-S187

  Graham, Stephen M ^a,b,c   Cuevas, Luis E ^d   Jean Philippe, Patrick ^e   Browning, Renee ^f   Casenghi, Martina ^g   Detjen, Anne K ^b   Gnanashanmugam, Devasena ^f   Hesseling, Anneke C ^h   Kampmann, Beate ^i,j   Mandalakas, Anna ^k   Marais, Ben J ^l   Schito, Marco ^e,o   Spiegel, Hans M L ^e   Starke, Jeffrey R ^k   Worrell, Carol ^f,m   Zar, Heather J ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g Médicins Sans Frontières   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j Vaccinology Theme   (Gambia)

^k BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; tuberculosis case definitions; tuberculosis classification; tuberculosis diagnosis.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRATHORACIC TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; THORAX; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THORAX; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84943408005     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ581     Document Type: Article

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