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The culture of M tuberculosis from gastric aspirates of children in the outpatient setting has a yield comparable to aspirates collected from hospitalized children. Collection of gastric aspirates in the outpatient setting will reduce both the cost and the inconvenience of the procedure. Although the yield from gastric aspirates is relatively low, important information including drug susceptibility patterns may be obtained. tuberculosis, gastric aspirate, children.
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