Utilizing flexible bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of endobronchial tuberculosis with negative sputum acid-fast bacillus

Utilizing flexible bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of endobronchial tuberculosis with negative sputum acid-fast bacillus

Background: Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) should be viewed as a distinct subset of tuberculosis due to various pitfalls: (a) often diagnosed late, (b) mimicking other conditions, for example, lung carcinoma, and (c) risks of bronchostenosis if treated late. Flexible bronchoscopy (FB) offers a re...

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Main Authors: Nai-Chien Huan, Nurul Izzati Azmin Mohd Yusof, Hema Yamini Ramarmuty, Teng Shin Khoo, Yean Chen Lai, Shan Min Lo, Kunji Kannan Sivaraman Kannan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
bronchoscopy
endobronchial tuberculosis
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2021;volume=9;issue=1;spage=1;epage=6;aulast=Huan

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