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- Title
Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T-cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study.
- Authors
Liebeschuetz, Susan; Bamber, Sheila; Ewer, Katie; Deeks, Jonathan; Pathan, Ansar A; Lalvani, Ajit
- Abstract
Childhood tuberculosis often presents non-specifically and is a common differential diagnosis in high prevalence areas. Current diagnostic tools have poor sensitivity and cannot reliably exclude tuberculosis, so overdiagnosis is common. HIV co-infection exacerbates this problem and accounts for an increasing proportion of paediatric tuberculosis worldwide.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2004, Vol 364, Issue 9452, p2196
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17592-2