American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 9(56), 2018
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00781-18
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The microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children is challenging, as it relies on the collection of relatively invasive specimens by trained health care workers, which is not feasible in many settings. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is detectable from the stools of children using molecular methods, but processing stool specimens is resource intensive.