Editorial Commentary: Improving Children's Access to New Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools Starts with the Collection of Appropriate Specimens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1169-1171

  Detjen, Anne K ^a   Walters, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

children; diagnostic specimen; Tuberculosis; Xpert MTB RIF

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

RIFAMPICIN;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84966540012     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw042     Document Type: Review

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