Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from inner cheek and tongue of children with presumptive tuberculosis in a community, southwestern Nigeria

• O. Abiodun Adewusi,
• B. Adelakun,
• E. Cadmus,
• V.T. Akinseye,
• A. Adebiyi,
• R. Oladokun,
• S.I.B. Cadmus

Affiliations

O. Abiodun Adewusi

Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria; Corresponding author.

B. Adelakun

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria

E. Cadmus

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria

V.T. Akinseye

University of Ibadan, Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria

A. Adebiyi

University of Ibadan, Dept of Community Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria

R. Oladokun

University of Cape Town, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Cape Town, South Africa

S.I.B. Cadmus

University of Ibadan, Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria