PMID- 18695328
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080923
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0255-0857 (Print)
IS  - 0255-0857 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Jul-Sep
TI  - Mycobacterial culture of fine needle aspirate - a useful tool in diagnosing 
      tuberculous lymphadenitis.
PG  - 259-61
AB  - A prospective study was undertaken on suspected lymph node TB (LNTB) patients, to 
      evaluate the diagnostic utility of mycobacterial culture of fine needle aspirate 
      (FNA), in comparison with the cytological examination and acid fast staining. 
      Eighty percent of 157 aspirates studied were positive by cytological examination; 
      18% by ZN smear and 45% were positive by culture. Twelve aspirates which were 
      negative by cytological features yielded positive mycobacterial cultures; four 
      out of these were from HIV positive patients. Our observations suggest that 
      supplementing FNA cytology with mycobacterial culture would increase the 
      sensitivity of diagnosing LNTB; in addition to giving a highly specific 
      diagnosis.
FAU - Kishore Reddy, V C
AU  - Kishore Reddy VC
AD  - Blue Peter Research Center-LEPRA Society, Hyderabad, India.
FAU - Aparna, S
AU  - Aparna S
FAU - Prasad, C E
AU  - Prasad CE
FAU - Srinivas, A
AU  - Srinivas A
FAU - Triveni, B
AU  - Triveni B
FAU - Gokhale, S
AU  - Gokhale S
FAU - Krishna Moorthy, K V
AU  - Krishna Moorthy KV
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Indian J Med Microbiol
JT  - Indian journal of medical microbiology
JID - 8700903
SB  - IM
MH  - Biopsy, Fine-Needle
MH  - HIV Infections/complications
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mycobacterium/*isolation & purification
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/*diagnosis
EDAT- 2008/08/13 09:00
MHDA- 2008/09/24 09:00
CRDT- 2008/08/13 09:00
PHST- 2008/08/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/09/24 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/08/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.4103/0255-0857.42040 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Med Microbiol. 2008 Jul-Sep;26(3):259-61. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.42040.