Extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from aspirates, Rural South Africa.
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.
Heysell
Scott K
SK
Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry, South Africa. scott.heysell@gmail.com
Moll
Anthony P
AP
Gandhi
Neel R
NR
Eksteen
Francois J
FJ
Babaria
Palav
P
Coovadia
Yacoob
Y
Roux
Lynn
L
Lalloo
Umesh
U
Friedland
Gerald
G
Shah
N Sarita
NS
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
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D003470:Culture Media