Bronchial wash culture is less valuable in patients suspected to have nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease for bilateral bronchiectasis with nodules

Bronchial wash culture is less valuable in patients suspected to have nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease for bilateral bronchiectasis with nodules

Backgrounds: Bronchiectasis (BE) with nodules on chest computed tomography (CT) is one of the radiological findings of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease. However, the NTM lung disease is not diagnosed in some patients who undergo bronchoscopy, though their radiological findings show BE...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Watanabe, Masaharu Shinkai, Masahiro Shinoda, Takeshi Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Bronchoscopy
computed tomography
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium intracellulare
nontuberculous mycobacteria
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=178;epage=182;aulast=Watanabe

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http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=178;epage=182;aulast=Watanabe

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