Journal article

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in children with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

Sharon Kasa Tom, Henry Welch, Cornelia Kilalang, Nakapi Tefuarani, John Vince, Evelyn Lavu, Karen Johnson, Ruth Magaye, Trevor Duke

Paediatrics and International Child Health | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2017.1319898

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government and the RE Ross Trust.

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Keywords

Xpert
Africa
Pediatric Tuberculosis
Male
Child
Pmgh, Port Moresby General Hospital
Mdr Tb, Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Accuracy
Children
Pediatrics
Humans
Tuberculosis
Diagnostic
Child, Preschool
Specimens
Mtb, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Fnab, Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
Infant
Consensus
Diagnosis
Papua New Guinea
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Science & Technology
Rifampin
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Qmrl, Queensland Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory, Australia
Fld, First-Line Drugs
Cphl, Central Public Health Laboratory, Png
Tst, Tuberculin Skin Test
Ptb, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Adolescent
Metaanalysis
Png, Papua New Guinea
Sld, Second-Line Drugs
Resource-Limited
Ga, Gastric Aspirate
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Childhood Tuberculosis
Sputum
Gastric Juice
Antitubercular Agents
Prospective Studies
Infant, Newborn
Sensitivity and Specificity
Female
Microscopy
Resistance
Intrathoracic Tuberculosis