Mycobacterial culture of fine needle aspirate - A useful tool in diagnosing tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-261

  Kishore Reddy, V ^a   Aparna, S ^a   Prasad, C ^b   Srinivas, A ^a   Triveni, B ^a   Gokhale, S ^c   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a LEPRA Society   (India)

^b OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Fine needle aspiration; Lymph node tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST STAIN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 48249118797     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.42040     Document Type: Article

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