A Hospital-based cross-sectional study on clinico-demographic characteristic of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases coming to a tertiary hospital of Bihar

The outcome variables included demographic (age and sex), clinical (disease classification, type of TB, site of EPTB, and bacteriological evidence (smear positive for AFB or Genexpert positive). Mediastinal lymph node enlargement may be underestimated because not all patients subjected for computed...

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Published inIndian journal of community medicine Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 122 - 123
Main Authors Rai, Deependra, Pandey, Sanjay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Cross-sectional studies
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Letter To Editor
Lymphatic system
Studies
Tuberculosis
India
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Summary:The outcome variables included demographic (age and sex), clinical (disease classification, type of TB, site of EPTB, and bacteriological evidence (smear positive for AFB or Genexpert positive). Mediastinal lymph node enlargement may be underestimated because not all patients subjected for computed tomography chest which is more diagnostic test to detect mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Almost half of the lymph node TB were smear positive for acid-fast bacilli which is more than previous studies.
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ISSN:0970-0218
1998-3581
DOI:10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_308_17