| Issue |
J Oral Med Oral Surg
Volume 31, Number 3, 2025
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| Article Number | 26 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mbcb/2025025 | |
| Published online | 28 August 2025 | |
Case Report
The role of cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) in early diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis – a case report
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem-636308, Tamilnadu, India
* Correspondence: drkarthik@vmsdc.edu.in
Received:
13
July
2024
Accepted:
29
June
2025
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily affects the lungs, leading to Hemoptysis, which is the most frequent manifestation. When organs other than the lungs, pleura, such as lymph nodes, abdomen, reproductive organs (testicles, ovaries), skin, meninges, bones, and joints are affected, it is called extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Recently, the Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) has shown higher sensitivity and specificity than other diagnostic tests in individuals with active and latent tuberculosis infection. This case highlights the importance of early and rapid diagnosis of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (scrofula) in a 38-year-old female using a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) and its treatment with antitubercular drugs, followed up 2 months after antitubercular drug treatment.
Key words: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis / cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) / antitubercular drugs
© The authors, 2025
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