title: Is Xpert MTB/RIF assay in gastric lavage aspirate useful for diagnosis of smear-negative childhood pulmonary tuberculosis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. dr.joseph.l.mathew@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vijayasekharan
authors.forename: Sarman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D005751:Gastric Lavage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*