Xpert MTB/RIF on Stool Is Useful for the Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Young Children with Severe Pulmonary Disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 837-843

  Walters, Elisabetta ^a   Van Der Zalm, Marieke Magrieta ^a   Palmer, Megan ^a   Bosch, Corné ^a   Demers, Anne Marie ^a   Draper, Heather ^a   Goussard, Pierre ^a   Schaaf, Hendrik Simon ^a   Friedrich, Sven Olaf ^a   Whitelaw, Andrew ^b   Warren, Robin ^c,d   Gie, Robert P ^a   Hesseling, Anneke C ^a  

^a Faculty of Applied Sciences   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

children; diagnosis; stool; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 85011707912     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001563     Document Type: Article

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