title: [Lymph node tuberculosis in adults].
abstract: Tuberculous lymphadenitis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that was observed in 8.4% of all cases with tuberculosis in our series. In all instances the organism isolated was M. tuberculosis. There was a high rate of PPD positiveness. The chemotherapy yielded good results. The evolution was satisfactory in 75% of the patients treated for six months.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São, Paulo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Follador
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stávale
authors.forename: E dos S
authors.initials: Edos S
authors.lastname: Oliveira-Vianna
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Barbas Filho
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Tuberculose ganglionar em adultos.