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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2018

Usage of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CB-NAAT/GeneXpert) test as diagnostic modality for pediatric tuberculosis; case series from Mangalore, South India.

K S Sahana, Anitha S Prabhu, Prakash Rm Saldanha

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K S SahanaDepartment of Paediatrics, Yenepoya Medical College and University, Managalore, Karnataka, India.
Anitha S PrabhuDepartment of Paediatrics, Yenepoya Medical College and University, Managalore, Karnataka, India.
Prakash Rm SaldanhaDepartment of Paediatrics, Yenepoya Medical College and University, Managalore, Karnataka, India.
Yenepoya University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiagnosis of Tuberculosis in children is challenging. Hereby we report a case series of 4 patients where Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CB NAAT) helped us in early diagnosis. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: Case

conclusionCB-NAAT testing was very useful in making an early and definitive diagnosis of tuberculosis, including MDR-TB.

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CB-NAATGeneXpertPediatricTuberculosis

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PMID31720384
PMCPMC6830183
OpenAlexW2773372866

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