Concentration of Lymph Node Aspirate Improves the Sensitivity of Acid Fast Smear Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

• Mulualem Tadesse,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Gemeda Abebe ,

  * E-mail: gemeda.abebe@ju.edu.et

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Ketema Abdissa,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Alemayehu Bekele,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Mesele Bezabih,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Ludwig Apers,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Robert Colebunders,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Leen Rigouts

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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