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Pediatric Radiology
Published in: Pediatric Radiology 6/2014

01-06-2014 | Minisymposium

Point-of-care ultrasound: a simple protocol to improve diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

Authors: Sabine Bélard, Tom Heller, Martin P. Grobusch, Heather J. Zar

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 6/2014

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Childhood tuberculosis (TB) accounts for a considerable burden of morbidity and mortality in many resource-limited settings [1]. Because of the nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms, the paucibacillary nature of TB and the difficulty in obtaining good specimens for microbiological testing, diagnosing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children can be challenging. Extrapulmonary TB is a special concern in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). …
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Metadata
Title
Point-of-care ultrasound: a simple protocol to improve diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis
Authors
Sabine Bélard
Tom Heller
Martin P. Grobusch
Heather J. Zar
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-2971-7

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