A new technique for the diagnosis of mycetoma using fixed blocks of aspirated material

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Yousif, B M ^a   Fahal, A H ^a   Shakir, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Cell block technique; Cytodiagnosis; Histopathology; Mycetoma; Sudan

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ACTINOMADURA; ACTINOMADURA MADURAE; ACTINOMADURA PELLETIERII; ACTINOMYCETOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL BLOCK TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUMYCETOMA; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MADURELLA MYCETOMATIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCETOMA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SOMALIENSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649086178     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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