The Potential for Testing Stool to Reduce Tuberculosis Missed Diagnoses and Misdiagnoses

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Aug;99(2):243-245. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0507.

Authors

Sumona Datta^{1

2

3}, Luis E Gonzales-Huerta^{1

2

3}, Carlton A Evans^{2

1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru.
² Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College London, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, London, United Kingdom.

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MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors
Feces
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

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