Nodal tuberculosis revisited: A review

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-12

  Handa, Uma ^a   Mundi, Irneet ^a   Mohan, Sugandha ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Government Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Lymphadenitis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856014781     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2090     Document Type: Review

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