The clinical and molecular diagnosis of childhood and adolescent pulmonary tuberculosis in referral centers.
Rafaela Baroni AurilioRonir Raggio LuizMarcelo Gerardin Poirot LandClaudete Aparecida Araújo CardosoAfrânio Lineu KritskiClemax Couto Sant'AnnaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
Xpert contributed to diagnosis in 9% of patients with AFB and in culture negative cases. DSS indicated relevance for this diagnostic approach of intrathoracic TB (ITB) in reference centers for presenting data both with high sensitivity and specificity.