Perspectives and practices of health workers around diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in hospitals in a resource-poor setting - modern diagnostics meet age-old challenges

• Main Authors: Jacquie Narotso Oliwa (Author), Sabina Adhiambo Odero (Author), Jacinta Nzinga (Author), Michaël Boele van Hensbroek (Author), Caroline Jones (Author), Mike English (Author), Anja van't Hoog (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Detection of tuberculosis (TB) in children in Kenya is sub-optimal. Xpert MTB/RIF® assay (Xpert®) has the potential to improve speed of TB diagnosis due to its sensitivity and fast turnaround for results. Significant effort and resources have been put into making the machines wid...