Whispers in the Wind
Face Mask Sampling for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection in Children With Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Meiwes, Lennard
- Kontsevaya, Irina
- Chesov, Dumitru
- Kulciţkaia, Stela
- Dreyer, Viola
- Hillemann, Doris
- Dlamini, Qiniso
- Williams, Caroline
- Barer, Michael
- Brinkmann, Folke
- Krüger, Renate
- Thee, Stephanie
- Kay, Alexander
- Mandalakas, Anna Maria
- Lange, Christoph
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Clinical Tuberculosis Unit, German Centre for Infection Research, Borstel, Germany
Respiratory Medicine and International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Clinical Tuberculosis Unit, German Centre for Infection Research, Borstel, Germany
Respiratory Medicine and International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Discipline of Pneumology and Allergology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
Discipline of Pneumology and Allergology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology Group, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany
National Reference Center, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany
Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Eswatini, TB Centre of Excellence, Mbabane, Eswatini
Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Eswatini, TB Centre of Excellence, Mbabane, Eswatini
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Clinical Tuberculosis Unit, German Centre for Infection Research, Borstel, Germany
Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Clinical Tuberculosis Unit, German Centre for Infection Research, Borstel, Germany
Respiratory Medicine and International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Correspondence: Lennard Aaron Meiwes, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 35, D-23845, Borstel, Germany ([email protected]); Christoph Lange, MD, PhD, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 35, D-23845, Borstel, Germany ([email protected]).
Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.
Received February 15, 2024
Accepted May 24, 2024
Revised June 24, 2024
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