Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Following World Health Organization–Recommended Criteria in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting With Pneumonia

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Following World Health Organization–Recommended Criteria in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting With Pneumonia

Evidences on diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) following the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are lacking. We sought to evaluate the WHO criteria for the diagnosis of TB in such children. In this prospective study, we enrolled SAM children aged &...

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Main Authors: Mohammod Jobayer Chisti MBBS, MMed, PhD, Mohammed Abdus Salam MBBS, Abu S. M. S. B. Shahid MBBS, K. M. Shahunja MBBS, Sumon Kumar Das MBBS, Abu Syed Golam Faruque MBBS, MPH, Pradip Kumar Bardhan MBBS, MD, Tahmeed Ahmed MBBS, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X16686871

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