Lymph Node Tuberculosis- Current Scenario

Abstract

BACKGROUNDTuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in India killing 2 persons every three minutes. The problem of drug resistance is now a major hindrance in our war against this disease. Much of the reported data worldwide is on pulmonary tuberculosis, hence this study to analyse the clinical and bacteriological characteristics in lymph node tuberculosis. Aims and Objectives-1) To study the clinical data and histopathological correlates in clinical suspects of lymph node tuberculosis. 2) To study the pattern of drug resistance in microbiologically confirmed cases of lymph node tuberculosis.