A study of tubercular lymphadenitis: a comparison of various laboratory diagnostic modalities with a special reference to tubercular polymerase chain reaction.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to compare various laboratory diagnostic methods, namely histopathological examination, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain, AFB culture by conventional Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) method and fluorescence-based mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) technique and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in clinically suspected cases of tubercular lymphadenitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 65 lymph nodes biopsied from patients clinically suspected of having tubercular lymph nodes were included. Specimens were processed for AFB culture after NaOH-NALC concentration and inoculation on LJ medium and using the MGIT system. PCR was performed on all specimens using a commercial nested PCR kit targeting IS6110 insertion element of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. All lymph node specimens were subjected to histopathological examination. RESULTS:Of the 65 lymph nodes, 37 (56.9%) were positive on MGIT culture and 45 (69.2%) were positive by PCR. Histopathology showed maximum sensitivity (96%) but with compromised specificity (78.5%). PCR showed 90.1% sensitivity and 100% specificity. The mean turnaround time for mycobacterial growth in smear negative specimens was 30 days determined by LJ and 20 days by MGIT techniques. CONCLUSION:PCR is a rapid and useful method for diagnosis of TB lymphadenitis and definitely increases the positive predictive value of a positive histopathology report. MGIT is better than LJ culture as regards time to positivity and higher yield.

journal_name

Indian J Med Microbiol

authors

Patwardhan SA,Bhargava P,Bhide VM,Kelkar DS

doi

10.4103/0255-0857.90173

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-01 00:00:00

pages

389-94

issue

4

eissn

0255-0857

issn

1998-3646

pii

IndianJMedMicrobiol_2011_29_4_389_90173

journal_volume

29

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