Histopathological features in the clinical specimens with tuberculosis diagnosis by BACTEC MGIT 960 culture.

ABSTRACT: Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis remains challenging in lower-middle income countries with high burden of tuberculosis (TB). This study aims to describe the histological characteristics in biopsy samples from patients with confirmed TB. This is a retrospective study of clinical biopsy specimens with positive liquid medium culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and histopathological examination in the National Lung Hospital in Vietnam. Among 1045 biopsy specimens with mycobacteria culture, the overall rate of growth of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in culture was 20.7% (216/1045). The positivity rates of MIGT culture among surgical biopsy specimens were 75% in bone specimen, followed by vertebral specimens (51.3%), and joint specimens (26.4%). For specimens obtained by the fine n

SUBMITTER: Cuong NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10622830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature