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New imaging approaches for improving diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

Sabine Bélard, Savvas Andronikou, Tanyia Pillay, Martin P Grobusch, Heather J Zar

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Authors' affiliations

Sabine Bélard, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Centre of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Savvas Andronikou, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Outreach Committee, World Federation of Paediatric Imaging; Schnetler, Corbett and Partners Radiology, Cape Town, South Africa

Tanyia Pillay, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Martin P Grobusch, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Centre of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Heather J Zar, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

tuberculosis; ultrasound; MRI; point-of-care; mediastinum; telemedicine

Cite this article

South African Medical Journal 2014;104(3):181-182. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.7984

Article History

Date submitted: 2014-01-25
Date published: 2014-01-31

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