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

<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