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David P Moore^{1

2

3}, David R Murdoch^{4

5}, Katherine L O' Brien⁶, Shabir A Madhi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit.
² Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Unit.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Otago.
⁵ Microbiology Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Comment

David P Moore et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017.

. 2017 Nov 29;65(12):2159.

doi: 10.1093/cid/cix715.

David P Moore^{1

2

3}, David R Murdoch^{4

5}, Katherine L O' Brien⁶, Shabir A Madhi^{1

2}

¹ Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit.
² Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Unit.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Otago.
⁵ Microbiology Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Comment on

The Incremental Value of Repeated Induced Sputum and Gastric Aspirate Samples for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Young Children With Acute Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Moore DP, Higdon MM, Hammitt LL, Prosperi C, DeLuca AN, Da Silva P, Baillie VL, Adrian PV, Mudau A, Deloria Knoll M, Feikin DR, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Madhi SA. Moore DP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15;64(suppl_3):S309-S316. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix099. Clin Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28575364 Free PMC article.
Please, No More Gastric Aspirate to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children.
Drancourt M. Drancourt M. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 29;65(12):2158. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix712. Clin Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 29020229 No abstract available.