Use of Xpert® for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Severely Malnourished Hospitalized Malawian Children

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis contributes to increased morbidity and mortality in severely malnourished children in endemic settings. Despite high clinical suspicion, few tuberculosis prevalence estimates exist in malnourished African children. Diagnostics such as Xpert MTB/RIF may help to dete...

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Hauptverfasser: LaCourse, Sylvia M., Chester, Frances M., Preidis, Geoffrey, McCrary, Leah M., Arscott-Mills, Tonya, Maliwichi, Madalitso, James, Grace, McCollum, Eric D., Hosseinipour, Mina C.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217085/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25361410
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000384
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