Original Articles · pages 92–100
Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculous lymphadenitis using Polymerase chain reaction with IS6110. A 5 year Meta-analytic study with special emphasis on predicted impact of COVID-19 associated social stigma and guidance for the implementation of the End TB Strategies
Cite this article
Anandraj Vaithy K, Sowmya S, Keerthika Sri E. S, Janani M. Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculous lymphadenitis using Polymerase chain reaction with IS6110. A 5 year Meta-analytic study with special emphasis on predicted impact of COVID-19 associated social stigma and guidance for the implementation of the End TB Strategies. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2021;34(2):92–100.
Opening of the article
Background: Tuberculosis remains one of the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India despite intense health campaigning and Government Programmes. Tuberculous lymphadenitis being the most common extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis the incidence still on higher margin especially in resource poor areas which often goes unnoticed and remains as a diagnostic challenge to General Pathologists and sometimes even to Cytopathologists.
Keywords
Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis, PCR, COVID-19, Diagnostic tests