Effective testing for pulmonary tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF assay for stool specimens in immunocompetent Pakistani children

Objective/background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is largely a paucibacillary disease and difficult to diagnose. It is difficult to obtain a sputum or gastric aspirate (GA) sample, and patients are often undiagnosed and treated empirically. Stool is a noninvasive specimen not usually used for TB tes...

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Prif Awduron: Zahra Hasan, Fehmina Arif, Sadia Shakoor, Aisha Mehnaz, Alnoor Akber, Akbar Kanji, Mussarat Ashraf, Rumina Hasan
Fformat: Artigo
Iaith:Inglês
Cyhoeddwyd: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Cyfres:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Pynciau:
Childhood tuberculosis
Stool
Xpert
Mynediad Ar-lein:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=8;epage=9;aulast=Hasan
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