Tuberculin test in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis
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[Tuberculin test in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis]
Tanto o critério clínico quanto o radiológico não são patognomônicos e podem ser tradução de outras doenças, não específicas, em pediatria, tornando o diagnóstico diferencial com tuberculose, freqüentemente, bastante problemático1,3. Assim, o terceiro critério é importante, na suspeita diagnóstica, e a maneira mais eficaz de se encontrar crianças infectadas pela M.tuberculosis é através da inve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.68