Pediatric Tuberculosis: Current Evidence for Laboratory Diagnosis
Christiane Mello Schmidt, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso, Rafaela Baroni Aurílio, Maria de Fátima Bazhuni Pombo Sant’ Anna, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna
Integrated science · 2023-01
Abstract
As children develop paucibacillary forms of tuberculosis (TB), bacteriological tests usually are negative. This chapter describes aspects of the laboratory tests available for clinical practicePractice. It also discusses perspectives, such as biomarkers, which can be utilized in rapid tests, point of care (POC) tests, performed on samplesSample other than sputumSputum.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Point-of-care testing
- Intensive care medicine
- Diagnostic test
- Medical physics