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Outcome of children with presumptive tuberculosis in Mbarara, rural Uganda

Bonnet MMB, Nansumba M, Bastard M, Orikiriza P, Kyomugasho N,  et al.
2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
BACKGROUND
Mortality among children with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) empiric TB treatment can be high. We describe the predictors of death among children with presumptive TB, and t...
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Xpert MTB/RIF diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis from sputum and stool samples in a high TB-HIV-prevalent setting

Orikiriza P, Nansumba M, Nyehangane D, Bastard M, Mugisha IT,  et al.
2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is a major advance for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries but is limited in children by their difficulty to produce sputum. We investigated T...