Study of Diagnostic Yield of Nucleic Acid Amplification Test among Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenitis in Immunocompetent Patients.

Background: The most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is tuberculous lymphadenitis, which constitutes about 30-40% of all extrapulmonary TB cases. A new diagnostic method like the nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) is a very sensitive and rapid test for diagnosing tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy. It also detects rifampicin sensitivity among positive patients.

Effect of antiretroviral therapy on clinical and immunologic disease progression in HIV positive children: One-year follow-up study.

Objective: To study the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on clinical, immunologic, and nutritional progression of disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children for 1 year.

Materials And Methods: The study included 54 children aged 1.5-15 years who registered at the ART center, Surat, from August 2007 to August 2009.