Cargando…
“Induced sputum versus gastric lavage for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children”
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is difficult in infants and young children. For microbiological confirmation of PTB children, sequential gastric lavage (GL) is recommended. Induced sputum (IS) may be an alternative or complementary tool, but the information is limited in childr...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2013
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23679059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-222 |