Clinical and Radiologic Factors Associated With Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Children Under 5 Years old Using Invasive and Noninvasive Sample Collection Techniques—Kenya
Smith J, Song R, McCarthy K, Mchembere W, Click E, Cain K. Clinical and Radiologic Factors Associated With Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Children Under 5 Years old Using Invasive and Noninvasive Sample Collection Techniques—Kenya. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac560. PMID: 36386048, PMCID: PMC9664973, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecimen collection techniquesRadiologic factorsYoung childrenProspective cohort studyFine-needle aspirationHistory of exposurePublic health concernCritical public health concernBacteriologic confirmationAirway compressionCervical lymphadenopathyRadiological factorsCohort studyPediatric tuberculosisTB casesPresumptive tuberculosisClinical managementImmunologic evidenceNeedle aspirationPositive specimenDiagnostic testingTuberculosisLogistic regressionHealth concernMycobacterium tuberculosis