VOLUME 16 , ISSUE 1 ( January-June, 2014 ) > List of Articles
Samitha Nair, Jyothi Rajahamsan, Geetha Raveendran, Ramani Bai Joseph Theodore
Keywords : Line probe assay, LJ medium, M. tuberculosis, splenic tuberculosis
Citation Information : Nair S, Rajahamsan J, Raveendran G, Theodore RB. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis at an unusual site. 2014; 16 (1):24-26.
DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.134460
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 15-07-2024
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2014; Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.
Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem. One-third of the cases diagnosed with tuberculosis have extrapulmonary disease. Here, we report a rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving the spleen. This isolate was a sensitive one and hence the patient responded to the standard regime. Traditional methods of diagnosis are time-consuming but accurate and should be mandatorily followed by drug susceptibility testing to rule out multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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