Reviews on Specimen Collection Methods

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Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Léia Damasceno de Aguiar Brotto, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Eliana Zandonade, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna. Gastric lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in
children: a systematic review. 2010. Rev Saúde Pública 2010;44(4). [Link]

Gonzalez-Angulo Y, Wiysonge CS, Geldenhuys H, Hanekom W, Mahomed H, Hussey G, et al. Sputum induction for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2011. Epub 2011/11/19. [Link]

Stockdale A, Duke T, Graham S, Kelly J. (2007) Clinical Review: Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital Care for Children: What is the Diagnostic Accuracy of Gastric Aspiration for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children? J Trop Ped 0: 0, 2010. [Link]

Hepple P, Ford N, McNerney R. (2012) Microscopy compared to culture for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in induced sputum samples: a systematic review. Int J Tuberc Dis. [Link]

Systematic Reviews