2014
Intensified specimen collection to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children from Rural South Africa, an observational study
Thomas TA, Heysell SK, Moodley P, Montreuil R, Ha X, Friedland G, Bamber SA, Moll AP, Gandhi N, Brant WE, Sturm W, Shah S. Intensified specimen collection to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children from Rural South Africa, an observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14: 11. PMID: 24400822, PMCID: PMC3890632, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug susceptibility testingGastric aspiratesTB suspectsObservational studySpecimen collectionDrug-susceptible TBNew TB suspectsPediatric TB suspectsTB treatment historyXDR-TB casesMultiple specimen typesYears of ageSame-day methodTB settingsInduced sputumPersistent symptomsSputum inductionTB treatmentHIV statusNegative childrenTB diagnosisUrine cultureMean ageInpatient settingDiagnostic yield
2010
Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa - Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Heysell SK, Moll AP, Gandhi NR, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah NS, Heysell S, Moll A, Gandhi N, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah N, Heysell S, Moll A, Gandhi N, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah N. Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa - Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2010, 16: 557-560. PMID: 20202446, PMCID: PMC3322040, DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntitubercular AgentsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCulture MediaDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansLymph NodesMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisPleural EffusionRural PopulationSouth Africa