| Title | Intensified specimen collection to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children from Rural South Africa, an observational study. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Thomas, Tania A., Scott K. Heysell, Prashini Moodley, Romualde Montreuil, Xia Ha, Gerald Friedland, Sheila A. Bamber, Anthony P. Moll, Neel Gandhi, William E. Brant, Willem Sturm, and Sarita Shah |
| Journal | BMC infectious diseases |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 11 |
| Date Published | 2014 Jan 9 |
| ISSN | 1471-2334 |
| Abstract | In drug-resistant TB settings, specimen collection is critical for drug-susceptibility testing (DST). This observational study included multiple specimen types collected from pediatric TB suspects with the aim to determine diagnostic yield and inform clinical practice in children with drug-resistant and drug-susceptible TB. |
| DOI | 10.1310/hct1405-235 |
| Alternate Journal | BMC Infect. Dis. |
