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Testing multiple noninvasive specimen types may improve diagnosis of pediatric TB

Jessica Nye
May 25, 2021, 11:48 p.m.

The far less-invasive collection and testing of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples in combination with stool and urine sample testing may improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children in limited-resource settings. This finding from a prospective, cross-sectional diagnostic study, was published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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