Efficacy of an in-house polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid diagnosis of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> in patients with tubercular lymphadenitis: Comparison with fine needle aspiration cytology and conventional techniques

• Main Authors: Sharma Meera (Author), Sethi Sunil (Author), Mishra Ashwini (Author), Chatterjee Shiv (Author), Wanchu Ajay (Author), Nijhawan Raje (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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<b>Introduction:</b> Tubercular lymphadenitis (TB-L) is the most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Excisional biopsy with histopathological examination, Ziehl-Neelsen staining (ZNS) and culture and fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology, although useful in the diagnosis...