title: Extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from aspirates, Rural South Africa.
abstract: The yield from aspirating lymph nodes and pleural fluid for diagnosing extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is unknown. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from lymph node or pleural fluid aspirates of 21 patients; 7 (33%) cultures grew XDR M. tuberculosis. Additive diagnostic yield for XDR M. tuberculosis was found in parallel culture of sputum and fluid aspirate.
authors.affiliation: Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry, South Africa. scott.heysell@gmail.com
authors.forename: Scott K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Heysell
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Neel R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: Francois J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Eksteen
authors.forename: Palav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babaria
authors.forename: Yacoob
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coovadia
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lalloo
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedland
authors.forename: N Sarita
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D003470:Culture Media