Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa

Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa

The yield from aspirating lymph nodes and pleural fluid for diagnosing extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is unknown. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from lymph node or pleural fluid aspirates of 21 patients; 7 (33%) cultures grew XDR M. tuberculosis. Additive diagnostic yield for...

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Main Authors: Scott K. Heysell, Anthony P. Moll, Neel R. Gandhi, François J. Eksteen, Palav Babaria, Yacoob Coovadia, Lynn Roux, Umesh Lalloo, Gerald Friedland, N. Sarita Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
HIV
lymphadenitis
tuberculous
pleurisy
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-1486_article

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