The Role of Clinical Symptoms in the Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis in Young Children

BACKGROUND: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) culture negative. Furthermore, clinical presentation may be altered by active case finding, isoniazid prophylaxis and early treatment. We aimed to establish the value of presenting symptoms for intrathoracic TB case...

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Autores principales: Mulenga, Humphrey, Tameris, Michele D., Luabeya, Kany Kany A., Geldenhuys, Hennie, Scriba, Thomas J., Hussey, Gregory D., Mahomed, Hassan, Landry, Bernard S., Hanekom, Willem A., McShane, Helen, Hatherill, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Williams & Wilkins 2015
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Original Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26226446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000847

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26226446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000847

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