Comparative evaluation of fine needle aspiration cytology, culture, and PCR in diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 822-826

  Mittal, Preeti ^a   Handa, Uma ^a   Mohan, Harsh ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

caseous necrosis; granulomas; PCR; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ZIEHL NEELSON STAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 80054061425     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21472     Document Type: Article

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