Assessing capacity for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in sub-Saharan African HIV care settings

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
• Personal Author:
  Reid, M. J. A. ; Saito, S. ; Fayorsey, R. ; Carter, R. J. ; Abrams, E. J.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Child Child, Preschool Diagnostic Tests, Routine Health Resources HIV Infections Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pediatrics Sputum Surveys And Questionnaires Tuberculosis

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• Source:
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 16(7):924-927
• Pubmed ID:
  22583761
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5920677
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U2G PS000950/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States ; U2G PS001521/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States ; U2G PS001526/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States ; PEPFAR/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Africa South of the Sahara
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8e3d2ba9da3715494cbcf46a0280e646c807af27794028f342c3bc61a4482d21
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53681/cdc_53681_DS1.pdf
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