Download Comment Return to top On this page 5.1 Background 5.2 Characteristics of tuberculosis in children 5.3 Diagnostic approach 5.4 Key elements of the diagnosis 5.5 Collecting sputum specimens in children 5.6 Paediatric diagnostic algorithms Path Book traversal links for Chapter 5: Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children 4.2 Adult and adolescent algorithms 5.1 Background