GeneXpert MTB/RIF on bronchoalveolar lavage samples in children with suspected complicated intrathoracic tuberculosis: A pilot study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1133-1137

  Walters, Elisabetta ^a   Goussard, Pierre ^a   Bosch, Corne ^a   Hesseling, Anneke C ^a   Gie, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy; children; complicated tuberculosis; rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006482317     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22970     Document Type: Article

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