Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates.

Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates.

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<h4>Background</h4>Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes 18% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases and tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL) constitutes 20-40% of EPTB. Diagnosis of TBL is challenging because of the paucibacillary nature of the disease.<h4>Objective</h4>To inves...

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Main Authors: Noor Ulain, Asif Ali, Momin Khan, Zakir Ullah, Lubna Shaheen, Naveed Shareef, Muhammad Yasir, Tehmina Mustafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276064

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