Bacteriological methods as add on tests to fine-needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis: can they reduce the diagnostic dilemma?

BACKGROUND: The diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) is confounded by mimicking cytomorphologic disorders. The objective of this study was to determine whether supplementing FNA cytology with bacteriological methods improv...

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Autores principales: Abdissa, Ketema, Tadesse, Mulualem, Bezabih, Mesele, Bekele, Alemayehu, Apers, Ludwig, Rigouts, Leen, Abebe, Gemeda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0720-z

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