Assessment of possible tuberculous lymphadenopathy by PCR compared to non-molecular methods

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 873-878

  Pahwa, Ruma ^a   Hedau, Suresh ^b   Jain, Shyama ^a   Jain, Neeraj ^b   Arora, Vivek M ^a   Kumar, Neeta ^a   Das, Bhudev C ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINYOUN STAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 24044441265     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45904-0     Document Type: Article

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