Cervical tuberculosis — Scrofula

Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2011, Vol 65, Issue 6

Abstract

SUMMARY 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. Hasła indeksowa- gruźlica pozapłucna, skrofuloza, sonda genetyczna

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Anna Siemieniuk, Bogdan Kibiłda

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Anna Siemieniuk, Bogdan Kibiłda (2011). Cervical tuberculosis — Scrofula. Otolaryngologia Polska, 65(6), 451-453. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-52415