TY - JOUR AU - Chow, Felicia AU - Espiritu, Nora AU - Gilman, Robert H. AU - Gutierrez, Rosmery AU - Lopez, Sonia AU - Escombe, A. Roderick AU - Evans, Carlton AW AU - Moore, David AJ PY - 2006 DA - 2006/04/04 TI - La cuerda dulce – a tolerability and acceptability study of a novel approach to specimen collection for diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 67 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Recent data demonstrate the utility of the string test for the diagnosis of sputum-scarce HIV-associated TB in adults. We hypothesized that, if well-tolerated by children, this simple tool might offer a breakthrough in paediatric TB diagnosis. Thus the objective of this study, undertaken in the paediatric service of the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú, was to determine the tolerability and acceptability of the string test to paediatric TB suspects, their parents and nursing staff. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-67 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-6-67 ID - Chow2006 ER -