Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in nasopharyngeal aspirate samples in children

Lancet. 1998 Nov 21;352(9141):1681-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)61454-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Gastric Lavage
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Nasopharynx*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Suction / methods*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology