The Value of Routinely Culturing for Tuberculosis During Bronchoscopies in an Intermediate Tuberculosis-Burden Country

PURPOSE: Many medical centers routinely culture bronchoscopy samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, even when tuberculosis is not strongly suspected. The value of this practice, however, is controversial. We evaluated the role of that procedure in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in an inter...

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Autores principales: Kim, Myung Hoon, Suh, Gee Young, Chung, Man Pyo, Kim, Hojoong, Kwon, O Jung, Lee, Jang Ho, Lee, Nam Yong, Koh, Won-Jung
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18159588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.6.969

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18159588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.6.969

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