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Identification of the Causative Organism of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Ethiopia by PCR
30 Oct 2002
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with multiple differential diagnoses. Demonstration of the etiologic agent by smear microscopy or culture of fine needle aspirate (FNA) specimens is often unsuccessful. FNA specimens from 40 patients presenting at a rural health center in South Ethiopia and diagnosed as positive for TBLN on the basis of clinical and...
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