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“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...

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Autores principales: Ruiz Jiménez, Marta, Guillén Martín, Sara, Prieto Tato, Luis M, Cacho Calvo, Juana B, Álvarez García, Ana, Soto Sánchez, Beatriz, Ramos Amador, Jose T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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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

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