Assessing capacity for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in sub-Saharan African HIV care settings [Short communication]
| Autor: | R. J. Carter, Michael J. A. Reid, Suzue Saito, R. Fayorsey, Elaine J. Abrams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Sub saharan Tuberculosis medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Sputum culture Care setting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infectious Diseases medicine Sputum medicine.symptom business Intensive care medicine |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 16:924-927 |
| ISSN: | 1027-3719 |
| Popis: | Research on the prevalence of pediatric-specific tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. We assessed the availability of pediatric TB diagnostic tests at 651 pediatric human immunodeficiency virus care and treatment sites across nine African countries: 54% of the sites had access to sputum culture capacity and 51% to chest X-ray services. While 87% of sites had access to smear microscopy only 6% had the capacity to perform sputum induction and 5% to perform gastric aspirate. These findings confirm that diagnostic resources for the accurate diagnosis of pediatric TB are limited. Capacity-building initiatives to improve sputum collection in children are urgently required. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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