Diagnostic evaluation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by fine needle aspiraton (FNA) supplemented with AFB smear and culture

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 588-591

  Sinha, S K ^a,b   Chatterjee, M ^a,b   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Pathak, S K ^a   Mitra, R Basu ^a   Karak, K ^a,c   Mukherjee, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacillus (AFB); Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMEAR; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4544268231     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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