A clinical scoring system as useful as FNAC in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in HIV positive patients

Current HIV Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Purohit, Satya D ^a   Purohit, Vimlesh ^b   Mathur, Murli L ^c  

^a Defence Colony ^*  (India)

^b Ramdeo Hospital and Research Center   (India)

^c Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clinical scores; Diagnosis; HIV; Tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 33749535223     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016206778560009     Document Type: Review

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