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SUBMITTER: Joel DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223014 | biostudies-other | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Joel D R DR Steenhoff A P AP Mullan P C PC Phelps B R BR Tolle M A MA Ho-Foster A A Mabikwa V V Kgathi B G BG Ncube R R Anabwani G M GM
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 20140301 3
<h4>Setting</h4>Four public hospitals in Botswana, a high tuberculosis (TB) burden setting.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the feasibility and utility of sputum induction in the diagnosis of paediatric TB.<h4>Design</h4>From 2008 to 2010, children aged ≤18 years referred for suspected pulmonary TB underwent sputum induction. Confirmed TB was defined as the presence of at least one of the signs and symptoms suggestive of TB and positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture. Information on TB-associate ...[more]