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

• Autori principali: Sharma Meera (Autore), Sethi Sunil (Autore), Mishra Ashwini (Autore), Chatterjee Shiv (Autore), Wanchu Ajay (Autore), Nijhawan Raje (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: 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...