Performance of Tongue Swabs for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Hospitalized Children Under 5 Years of Age
Despite the difficulty of interpreting trace-positive results, TS-XU testing increased TB detection rates in hospitalized under-5s with presumptive TB.
Authors
- Olivia Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8577-9000)
- Minja Milovanovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-8755)
- Christopher Ealand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-0184)
- Astika Sewcharran
- Jonathan Eric Golub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2398-3145)
- Pattamukkil Abraham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-5129)
- Khuthadzo Hlongwane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-9599)
- Gary Reubenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-4165)
- Sean Keenan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-4950)
- Bavesh Davandra Kana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9713-3480)
- Neil Alexander Martinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-5705)
- Kathleen P. Car
- Ziyaad Dangor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4089-147X)
- Maanda Mudau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-2460)
- Sanjay G. Lala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-513X)
- Alison van der Nest
- Tannah Cleak
Institutions
- National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Foundation for Human Potential (US)
- African Union (ET)
- Perinatal HIV Research Unit (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf474
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.85
Funders
- CRDF Global
- National Research Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council