| Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis AK Detjen, AR DiNardo, J Leyden, KR Steingart, D Menzies, I Schiller, ... The lancet respiratory medicine 3 (6), 451-461, 2015 | 393 | 2015 |
| Clinical case definitions for classification of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children: an update SM Graham, LE Cuevas, P Jean-Philippe, R Browning, M Casenghi, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 61 (suppl_3), S179-S187, 2015 | 337 | 2015 |
| Interferon-gamma release assays and childhood tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis AM Mandalakas, AK Detjen, AC Hesseling, A Benedetti, D Menzies The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 15 (8), 1018-1032, 2011 | 332 | 2011 |
| The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis L Martinez, O Cords, CR Horsburgh, JR Andrews, C Acuna-Villaorduna, ... The Lancet 395 (10228), 973-984, 2020 | 304 | 2020 |
| Management of drug-resistant tuberculosis C Lange, K Dheda, D Chesov, AM Mandalakas, Z Udwadia, ... The Lancet 394 (10202), 953-966, 2019 | 269 | 2019 |
| WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: diagnosis–rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection World Health Organization World Health Organization, 2024 | 267 | 2024 |
| High level of discordant IGRA results in HIV-infected adults and children AM Mandalakas, AC Hesseling, NN Chegou, HL Kirchner, X Zhu, ... The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 12 (4), 417-423, 2008 | 190 | 2008 |
| 100 years of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin C Lange, P Aaby, MA Behr, PR Donald, SHE Kaufmann, MG Netea, ... The Lancet Infectious Diseases 22 (1), e2-e12, 2022 | 173 | 2022 |
| Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics in children: 2. Methodological issues for conducting and reporting research evaluations of tuberculosis diagnostics for intrathoracic … LE Cuevas, R Browning, P Bossuyt, M Casenghi, MF Cotton, AT Cruz, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 205 (suppl_2), S209-S215, 2012 | 152 | 2012 |
| Current concepts of childhood tuberculosis AM Mandalakas, JR Starke Seminars in pediatric infectious diseases 16 (2), 93-104, 2005 | 146 | 2005 |
| Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis L Martinez, O Cords, Q Liu, C Acuna-Villaorduna, M Bonnet, GJ Fox, ... The Lancet Global Health 10 (9), e1307-e1316, 2022 | 130 | 2022 |
| Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays for active tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in children AW Kay, LG Fernández, Y Takwoingi, M Eisenhut, AK Detjen, KR Stengart, ... Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 | 130 | 2020 |
| WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents World Health Organization World Health Organization, 2022 | 129 | 2022 |
| Child contact management in high tuberculosis burden countries: a mixed-methods systematic review D Szkwarko, Y Hirsch-Moverman, L Du Plessis, K Du Preez, C Carr, ... PloS one 12 (8), e0182185, 2017 | 128 | 2017 |
| Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent tuberculosis in child contacts in a high-burden setting AM Mandalakas, AC Hesseling, RP Gie, HS Schaaf, BJ Marais, ... Thorax 68 (3), 247-255, 2013 | 125 | 2013 |
| Highly discordant T cell responses in individuals with recent exposure to household tuberculosis AC Hesseling, AM Mandalakas, HL Kirchner, NN Chegou, BJ Marais, ... Thorax 64 (10), 840-846, 2009 | 119 | 2009 |
| Kendig's disorders of the respiratory tract in children e-book RW Wilmott, A Bush, RR Deterding, F Ratjen, P Sly, H Zar, A Li Elsevier Health Sciences, 2018 | 116 | 2018 |
| Well-quantified tuberculosis exposure is a reliable surrogate measure of tuberculosis infection AM Mandalakas, HL Kirchner, C Lombard, G Walzl, HMS Grewal, RP Gie, ... The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 16 (8), 1033-1039, 2012 | 107 | 2012 |
| Preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and protecting contacts of infectious cases GJ Fox, HS Schaaf, A Mandalakas, E Chiappini, A Zumla, BJ Marais Clinical Microbiology and Infection 23 (3), 147-153, 2017 | 104 | 2017 |
| Utility of host markers detected in Quantiferon supernatants for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children in a high-burden setting NN Chegou, AK Detjen, L Thiart, E Walters, AM Mandalakas, ... PloS one 8 (5), e64226, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
Alexander KayAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of MedicineVerified email at bcm.edu