A Controlled Study of Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children in Peru.

A Controlled Study of Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children in Peru.

<h4>Background</h4>Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is challenging because specimens are difficult to obtain and contain low tuberculosis concentrations, especially with HIV-coinfection. Few studies included well-controls so test specificities are poorly defined. We studied tuberculos...

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Main Authors: Richard A Oberhelman, Giselle Soto-Castellares, Robert H Gilman, Maria E Castillo, Lenka Kolevic, Trinidad Delpino, Mayuko Saito, Eduardo Salazar-Lindo, Eduardo Negron, Sonia Montenegro, V Alberto Laguna-Torres, Paola Maurtua-Neumann, Sumona Datta, Carlton A Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120915

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120915

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