Microbiological Investigations of Fine Needle Aspirates from Newly Suspected and Previously Treated Tubercular Lymphadenitis Patients.

The emergence of drug resistant (DR) TB seems to not just be limited to pulmonary form but also to TBLN. In this study we observed a considerable number of microbiologically confirmed relapses among previously treated cases, possibly indicating the need for confirmation of drug resistance using rapid molecular methods or phenotypical methods during treatment follow up.