[Lymph node tuberculosis in adults].
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.
Pimentel
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M
Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São, Paulo.
Follador
E C
EC
Barbas
C S
CS
Stávale
M L
ML
Oliveira-Vianna
E dos S
Edos S
Barbas Filho
J V
JV
Leite
O M
OM
de Carvalho
C R
CR
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
Tuberculose ganglionar em adultos.