Mycobacterial Autofluorescence in Papanicolaou-Stained Lymph Node Aspirates: A Glimmer in the Dark?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Wright, Colleen A ^a,c   Van Zyl, Yvonne ^a   Burgess, Steven M ^b,d   Blumberg, Lucille ^a,e   Leiman, Gladwyn ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytodiagnosis; Fluorescence; HIV; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FLUORESCENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842537048     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20009     Document Type: Article

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