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[Cervical tuberculosis -- scrofula].
- Source :
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology [Otolaryngol Pol] 2011 Nov-Dec; Vol. 65 (6), pp. 451-3. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- We described a diagnostic procedure of two cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in elderly people. The paper presents the diagnostic difficulty caused by the lack of obtaining an adequate amount of material and low sensitivity and specificity of the conventional techniques. The probe Tec ET test was used with conventional microbiology and histology helps in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by improving specificity, sensitivity. Probe Tec ET test takes a few hours.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lymph Nodes pathology
Poland
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node pathology
Antibiotics, Antitubercular therapeutic use
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node drug therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Polish
- ISSN :
- 0030-6657
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22208944
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-6657(11)70740-5