| Title | Extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from aspirates, Rural South Africa. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Heysell, Scott K., Anthony P. Moll, Neel R. Gandhi, Francois J. Eksteen, Palav Babaria, Yacoob Coovadia, Lynn Roux, Umesh Lalloo, Gerald Friedland, and Sarita N. Shah |
| Journal | Emerging infectious diseases |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 557-60 |
| Date Published | 2010 Mar |
| ISSN | 1080-6059 |
| Keywords | Adult, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Antitubercular Agents, Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Culture Media, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Lymph Nodes, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pleural Effusion, Rural Population, 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. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-009-9532-3 |
| Alternate Journal | Emerging Infect. Dis. |
