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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2018

Pathology of lymph node tuberculosis in Yaounde: diagnostic agreement based on the Kappa coefficient.

Joseph Marie Mendimi Nkodo, Roger Ateba, Christiane Judith Ngo Pambe, Angèle Clarisse Kabeyene Okono, Jean Louis Essamé Oyono

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Joseph Marie Mendimi NkodoDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Anatomy Pathological, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
Roger AtebaDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Anatomy Pathological, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
Christiane Judith Ngo PambeDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Anatomy Pathological, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
Angèle Clarisse Kabeyene OkonoDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Anatomy Pathological, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
Jean Louis Essamé OyonoDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Anatomy Pathological, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.

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Abstract

introductionLymph node tuberculosis remains widespread in Cameroon. Our goal was to compare the diagnostic agreement between the hematein-eosin coloration technique and the Ziehl-Neelsen technique.

methodsThis study is a retrospective and comparative study realized in the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital over a period of 5 years. We needed to specify the diagnostic agreement for tuberculosis, first inter observer and secondly between the standard and special colorations. The data we collected allowed us to determine the agreement rates observed and the kappa (k) coefficients with linear weighting.

resultsThe 186 samples of the 1726 cases of tuberculosis of all locations represented a proportion of 10.78%. There were more male patients (65.05%) with a sex ratio (M:F) of 1.30. The average age was 24.21 ± 15.5 with the extremes from 5 to 68 years. The most represented age group was from 10 to 39 years. The two observers agreed in 93 cases using hematein eosin coloration (P

conclusionThe routine choice of the hematein eosin coloration technique not paired with the coloration technique of Ziehl-Neelsen can effectively alleviate the program for fighting tuberculosis in an environment of limited resources.

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