The Incremental Value of Repeated Induced Sputum and Gastric Aspirate Samples for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Young Children With Acute Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) contributes to the pathogenesis of childhood acute community-acquired pneumonia in settings with a high tuberculosis burden. The incremental value of a repeated induced sputum (IS) sample, compared with a single IS or gastric aspirate (GA) sample, is not...

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Autores principales: Moore, David P., Higdon, Melissa M., Hammitt, Laura L., Prosperi, Christine, DeLuca, Andrea N., Da Silva, Pedro, Baillie, Vicky L., Adrian, Peter V., Mudau, Azwifarwi, Deloria Knoll, Maria, Feikin, Daniel R., Murdoch, David R., O’Brien, Katherine L., Madhi, Shabir A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28575364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix099

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28575364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix099

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