| Literature DB >> 30418355 |
Elisabetta Walters1, Marieke M van der Zalm1, Anne-Marie Demers1, Andrew Whitelaw2, Megan Palmer1, Corné Bosch1, Heather R Draper1, H Simon Schaaf1, Pierre Goussard3, Carl J Lombard4,5,6, Robert P Gie1, Anneke C Hesseling1.
Abstract
Three-hundred four young children with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis had a gastric aspirate, induced sputum and nasopharyngeal aspirate collected on each of 2 consecutive weekdays. Specimens collected on the second day were pooled in the laboratory for each child individually. The diagnostic yield by Xpert and culture from pooled specimens was not significantly different to a single gastric aspirate.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30418355 PMCID: PMC6509014 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002240
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129