Concentration of Lymph Node Aspirate Improves the Sensitivity of Acid Fast Smear Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia - Tadesse, Mulualem; Abebe, Gemeda; Abdissa, Ketema; Bekele, Alemayehu; Bezabih, Mesele; Apers, Ludwig; Colebunders, Robert; Rigouts, Leen (PloS one, 2014)
Keywords: Acetylcysteine; Acetylcysteine - chemistry; Acids; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Air bases; Bacilli; Biology and Life Sciences; Biopsy, Needle - methods; Cell culture; Cellular biology; Centrifugation; Child; Child, Preschool; Comparative analysis; Comparative studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cysteine; Cytology; Diagnosis; Ethiopia - epidemiology; Female; Gangrene; Humans; Lymph; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - microbiology; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphadenitis; Lymphatic system; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical laboratories; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Microscopy; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nitrobenzoates - chemistry; Nitrobenzoic acid; Pathology; Sensitivity; Sensitivity analysis; Smear; Staining; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node - pathology; Tuberculous lymphadenitis; Ethiopia; Belgium