Diagnosing mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children using fine needle aspiration biopsy: Cytomorphology, ZN staining and autofluorescence-making more of less

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Wright, Colleen A ^a,b   Van Der Burg, Mirjam ^a,d   Geiger, D ^a   Noordzij, Jeroen G ^b,e   Burgess, Steven M ^c   Marais, Ben J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; HIV; Lymph node; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 41449098539     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20788     Document Type: Article

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