Evaluation of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Children: 1. Proposed Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis Disease. Consensus From an Expert Panel

M. Graham, Stephen; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Amanullah, Farhana; Browning, Renee; Cárdenas, Vicky; Casenghi, Martina; E. Cuevas, Luís; Gale, Marianne; P. Gie, Robert; Grzemska, Malgosia; Handelsman, Ed; Hatherill, Mark; C. Hesseling, Anneke; Jean‐Philippe, Patrick; Kampmann, Beate; K. Kabra, S.; Lienhardt, Christian; Lighter, Jennifer; A. Madhi, Shabir; Makhene, Mamodikoe; J. Marais, Ben; F. McNeeley, David; Menzies, Heather; D. Mitchell, Charles; Modi, Surbhi; Mofenson, Lynne; Musoke, Philippa; Nachman, Sharon; Powell, Clydette; Rigaud, Mona; Rouzier, Vanessa; R. Starke, Jeffrey; Swaminathan, Soumya; Wingfield, Claire

doi:10.1093/infdis/jis008

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Evaluation of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Children: 1. Proposed Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis Disease. Consensus From an Expert Panel

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Mar 24, 2012

Authors:

Stephen M. Graham

Tahmeed Ahmed

Farhana Amanullah

Abstract

There is a critical need for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis in children, particularly in young children with intrathoracic disease as this represents the most common type of tuberculosis in children and the greatest diagnostic challenge. There is also a need for standardized clinical case defini...

Subject

Tuberculosis

Medicine

Disease

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