Use of flexible bronchoscopy for rapid diagnosis of suspected tubercular cases in rural India

Use of flexible bronchoscopy for rapid diagnosis of suspected tubercular cases in rural India

Background: Reaching a correct diagnosis is a challenge for physicians treating any of the 30% to 50% of pulmonary tuberculosis patients who have negative sputum cultures or who present with no sputum.  Flexible bronchoscopy acquires special importance for these cases for whom empirical anti-tuberc...

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Main Authors: Sameer Singhal, Abhay M. Gaidhane, Nazli Khatib, Tripti Hrivastava, Sanjay Diwan, Satish Mahajan, Shilpa Bawankule, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
Flexible bronchoscopy
rapid diagnosis
suspected tuberculosis.
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/608
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