Original paper

Specimen Pooling as a Diagnostic Strategy for Microbiologic Confirmation in Children with Intrathoracic Tuberculosis

Volume: 38, Issue: 6, Pages: e128 - e131
Published: Jun 1, 2019
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...
Paper Details
Title
Specimen Pooling as a Diagnostic Strategy for Microbiologic Confirmation in Children with Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
Published Date
Jun 1, 2019
Volume
38
Issue
6
Pages
e128 - e131
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