Ambulatory Gastric Lavages Provide Better Yields of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Than Induced Sputum in Children With Intrathoracic Tuberculosis

To compare mycobacterial yield by induced sputum (IS) and gastric lavage (GL), performed on an ambulatory basis in children with probable intrathoracic tuberculosis. Diagnostic accuracy study. Two tertiary care hospitals in Delhi, India. Children aged 6 months to 15 years with newly diagnosed intrat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2013-12, Vol.32 (12), p.1313-1317
Hauptverfasser:	MUKHERJEE, Aparna, SINGH, Sarman, LODHA, Rakesh, SINGH, Varinder, HESSELING, A. C, GREWAL, Harleen M. S, KABRA, Sushil K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Female Gastric Juice - microbiology Gastric Lavage - methods Human bacterial diseases Humans India Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Sputum - microbiology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology
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