Combined modalities for the rapid diagnosis of patients with suspected tuberculous lymphadenitis: A cross-sectional study.

Background: In settings with high burden of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, the use of various diagnostic modalities can result in superior and quick diagnosis leading to prompt initiation of treatment.

Objective: This study assessed the diagnostic performance of the fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain, fluorescence microscopy (FM) and cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) in patients with suspected tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN).

Methods: This cross-sectional studyodes, who underwent FNAC.